The act of positioning close together (or side by side);
Juxtaposition
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The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities
Symbolism
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The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect
Irony
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The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect
Foreshadowing
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A long speech by one actor in a play or movie, or as part of a theatrical or broadcast program
Monolouge
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In poetry, meter (metre in British English) is the basic rhythmic structure of a verse or lines in verse. Many traditional verse forms prescribe a specific verse meter, or a certain set of meters alternating in a particular order.
Meter
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Verb: (of a word, syllable, or line) Have or end with a sound that corresponds to another
Rhyme
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The continuation of a syntactic unit from one line of verse into the next line without a pause
Enjambment
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The action of repeating something
Repitition
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In linguistics, ******** is an instance of an expression referring to another
Anaphora
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In linguistics, anaphor is an instance of an expression referring to another
Epiphora
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A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction (e.g., faith unfaithful kept him falsely true)
Oxymoron
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A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction (e.g., faith unfaithful kept him falsely true)(Also weather)
Pathetic Fallacy
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The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form
Personification
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The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form
Caesura/Ellipsis
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Having the style or diction of prose; lacking poetic beauty, Commonplace; unromantic
Prosaic Voice
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Any formal system of reasoning that arrives at the truth by the exchange of logical arguments
Dialectic
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Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally
Hyperbole
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An elaborate poetic image or a far-fetched comparison of very dissimilar things
Conceit
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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
Metaphor
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A verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme
Sonnet
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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
Ballad
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A spoken or written account of connected events; a story
Narrative
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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)
Similie
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The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
Alliteration
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Card 2
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The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities
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Symbolism
Card 3
Front
The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect
Back
Card 4
Front
The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect
Back
Card 5
Front
A long speech by one actor in a play or movie, or as part of a theatrical or broadcast program
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