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Juxtaposition
A contrast of two distinctly different ideas that encourages comparison
Anaphora
To begin lines in poetry with the same word/phrase
Polysyndeton
To use more conjunctions than necessary
Asyndeton
To restrict the amount of conjunctions in a sentence
Epistrophe
To end lines in poetry with the same word/phrase
Ballad
A traditional type of poetry with a certain rhyming scheme of ABCB and structure
Slant Rhyme
Words that sound similarly rhyme, but not exactly
Epigraph
A short quotation at the beginning of a book/chapter with the purpose of hinting at the theme
In Medias Res
To be dropped in the middle of the plot
Enjambment
Continuation of the sentence without pause after the end of a line, couplet, or stanza
Versimilitude
Something that appears to be real
Dilemma
A scenario with two different choices
Antecedent Scenario
The events that occur before the start of a poem
Apostrophe
Addressing something that can not respond
Motif
A recurring idea/image (a pattern)
Paradox
A self-contradicting statement/proposition that may prove to be true in some way
Synesthesia
To describe/blend one human sense through another
Hymnal Stanza
A quatrain with the rhyme scheme of ABAB
Assonance
A repetition of vowel sounds in words
Cacophany
A harsh sound/syllable in a word/phrase
Synecdoche
A word or phrase that represents the “whole” as a single “part”, or vice versa.
Sestain
A 6-line poem with the rhyme scheme AABCCB
Oxford Comma
A comma that goes before the conjunction in a list
Hamartia
A character's fatal flaw
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