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Metaphor
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A figure of speech in which an imlicit comparison is made between two things essentially unlike.
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Meter
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the regular patterns of accent that underlie metrical verse.
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Metonymy
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A figure of speech in which some significant aspect or detail of an experience is used to represent the whole experience.
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Monometer
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A metrical line containing one foot.
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Octave
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An eight-line stanza.
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Onomoatopoeia
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The use of words that supposedly mimic their meaning in their sound.
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overstatement
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a figure of speech in which exaggeration is used in the service of truth.
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oxymoron
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a compact verbal paradox in which two successive words seemingly contradict one another.
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paradox
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a statement or situation containing apparently contradictory or incompatible elements.
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pentameter
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a metrical line containing five feet.
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