Vocabulary Lists by Matthew Lynch - March 16, 2023 allegory alliteration allusion anachronism anaclisis anadiplosis analogy anaphora anastrophe anecdote antagonist anthropomorphism antithesis antonym apogee aposiopesis apostrophe aside assonance asyndeton auditory ballad bard bathos beholden blank verse bombast canticle carter catachresis catechism catharsis chiasmus chicanery collocation colloquialism confound consonance couplet cryptic curtal deixis demotic Demotic script denouement derogatory dialogue diction didactic dissemble dolour drama dramatic irony dug elegy ellipsis emblem end-stopped enjambment enmity epic poetry epigram epiphany epistolary epistrophe epitaph epitome epoch equanimity ethos eulogy euphemism explicit fable fief figurative flout foreshadow forsake free verse frisson guile hearse heroic couplet homonym humility hymn hyperbaton hyperbole hypozeuxis iambic imagery implicit importune incensed inversion invidious irony kinesthetic lamentation liege listing litotes Logos lyricism malapropism malignant meiosis meme metaphor metonymy mimicry moiety motif nadir narrative neologism ode olfactory omniscient onomatopoeia otiose oxymoron paean parable paradox paradoxical sleep paragon parallelism parallelism parody paronomasia pastoral pathos pejorative persnickety personification ploce poetry polyptoton polysyndeton portmanteau word preface premonitory prologue prose prosody protagonist pun purge rancour redeemer refrain repetition requiem sardonic satire simile soliloquy sonnet sophistry specious argument speech rhythm sprung rhythm stanza surrealism symbolism symploce synaesthesia synecdoche synesthetic metaphor synonym syntax tactile tautology theme tone topos totem trope unwittingly vassal verisimilitude versification visual wretched zeal zeugma terza rima heroic couplet apostrophe assonance consonance onomatopoeia novelette novella epic poem foible mock-heroic verisimilitude third person first person second person omniscient omnipresent fable bestial apposition anaphora tactile auditory visual olfactory epithalamium anapest neologism heath fern portend conceit unrequited epithet dystopia utopia leitmotif moral motif semiotics fable burlesque trope tanka haiku ode strophe anastrophe acrostic anachronistic apothegm autotelism avant-garde baroque Choose your Reaction!
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