Having the style or diction of prose; lacking poetic beauty, Commonplace; unromantic
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Any formal system of reasoning that arrives at the truth by the exchange of logical arguments
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Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally
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An elaborate poetic image or a far-fetched comparison of very dissimilar things
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A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable
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A verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme
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A poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas. Traditional ballads are typically of unknown authorship, having been passed on orally from one generation to the next as part of the folk culture
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A spoken or written account of connected events; a story
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A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (e.g., as brave as a lion, crazy like a fox)
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The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
