| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Neologism | A word made up on spot. |
| Nemesis | The protagonist's arch enemy. |
| Melodrama | A form of cheesy theater in which the hero is very good and the villain is evil |
| Masculine Rhyme | A rhyme ending in the final stressed syllable. |
| Opposition | A pair of elements that contrast sharply. |
| Parallelism | Repeated syntactical similarities used for effect. |
| Parenthetical Phrase | A phrase set off by commas that interrupts the flow of a sentence with some commentary or added detail. |
| Lyric | A type of poetry that explores the pots personal interpretation of and feelings about the world. |
| Metonym | A word that is used to stand for something else that has its attributes. |
| Lampoon | A satire. |
| Lament | A poem of sadness or grief over a death or some other intense loss. |
| Ode | A poem in praise of something divine or noble. |
| Parody | The word that results when a specific work is exaggerated to ridiculousness. |
| Paraphrase | To rephrase phrases and sentences in your own words. |
| Paradox | A situation or statement that seems to contradict itself but upon closer inspection does not. |
| Parable | A story that instructs. |
| Oxymoron | A phrase composed of opposites. |
| Onomatopoeia | Words that sound like what they mean. |
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