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| a poetic foot containing two weakly stressed syllables followed by one strongly stressed syllable |
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| a brief story, usually with a specific point or moral |
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| a central character who lacks all the qualities traditionally associated with heroes |
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| rhetorical technique in which words, phrases, or ideas are strongly contrasted, often by means of grammatical structure |
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| a short saying or pointed statement |
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| rhetorical technique in which an object or person is directly addressed |
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| old or obsolete words or phrases |
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| one of the modes of writing, presents reasons or arguments for accepting a position or for adopting a course of action |
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| stories of the exploits of the legendary King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table |
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| brief work of nonfiction on a specific topic |
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| repetition of vowel sounds in stressed syllables that end with different consonant sounds |
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| story of a person's life written by that person |
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| simple narrative poem in four-line stanzas, usually meant to be sung |
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| list of works consulted by an author |
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| story of a person's life told by someone other than that person |
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