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| an error in chronology - placing something in the wrong place |
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| metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables |
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| a protagonist who lacks heroric characteristics |
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| contrasting ideas in an otherwise balanced sentence |
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| a brief, concise statement of a principle or truth |
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| address to an absent or imaginary person, object, or idea |
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| final scene where characters are made immortal or divine |
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| a song/poem with a motif of greeting the dawn |
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| combination of words which creates disagreeable sounds |
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| emotional discharge that brings about spiritual relief |
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| opposite of parallel construction |
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extreme, far-fetched metaphor
an ingenious or witty turn of phrase or thought |
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| same consonant sounds repeated |
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| the winding down from climax to end |
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| when God's intervene solves a seemingly impossible conflict |
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| writer's distinctive vocabulary and style of writing |
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| the purpose of writing is to teach a lesson |
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| the running on of thought from one line, couplet, or stanza to the next without a syntactical break |
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| witty and satirical poem about one subject |
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| short quote at beginning of book to explain the theme |
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| revelation of an ordinary object/scene |
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| grouping words harmoniously - pleasing sound |
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| 2 successive rhyming lines of iambic pentameter |
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| extreme pride and arrogance, overestimating abilities |
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| exaggeration or overstatement |
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| underexaggerate using a negative statement |
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| using physical object to represent a general idea |
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| describes rural and simple charm of country life |
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| attempt to inspire emotion in the reader |
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| part of an object represents the whole |
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