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Accent
Significant stress on the syllables of a verse, at regular intervals
Aphorism
A short statement of truth or opinion
Anticlimax
A let down at the highest point of tension in a story
Bombast
Language that is self-important, exaggerated or trying to impress
Cacophony
A blend of unharmonious sounds (Unpleasant tune or harmony)
Cadence
Rhythmic flow or sequence of sound in language, rising and falling of a voice
Canto
major division of an epic or other long narrative poem, portion of poem that could be sung
Colloquialism
Conveys personality and authenticity to characters, everyday language
Connotation
A word to suggest a different purpose than its literal meaning
Foil
A character used as a contrast to a second character, to show advantage of second character
Foot
measurement in poetry, pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
Hubris
Excessive pride in a character, leads to acting foolish or rash.
Lampoon
A sharp, extremely severe criticism directed against an individual
Melodrama
A story or play where a ton of sad events and emotions are exaggerated
Oxymoron
A figure of speech, contradictory words with opposing meanings “deafening silence”
Parallelism
Words or phrases in a sentence that are same grammatically as well as meaning
Refrain
A line or group of lines that repeat regularly, end of stanza in poetry or verse of song
Rhapsody
A highly emotional literacy work
Summary
A brief summarization of larger works
Utopia
A perfect society
