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Connotation |
the associations and emotional overtones that have become attached to a word or phrase |
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Couplet |
two consecutive rhyming lines of poetry |
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Dialect |
a way of speaking that is characteristic of a certain social group or of the inhabitants of a certain geographical area. |
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Diction |
Word choice |
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Elegy |
A poem about mourning |
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Epic |
a long narrative poem, written in heightened language , about a heroic character who embodies the values of a particular society. |
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Epistrophe |
Device of repetition in which the same expression (single word or phrase) is repeated at the end of two or more lines, clauses, or sentences |
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Fable |
a very short story told in prose or poetry that teaches a practical lesson about how to succeed in life. |
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Foil |
A character who acts as contrast to another character |
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Foreshadow |
the use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot |
