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Id est (Latin), meaning "that is."

a two-syllable foot with the stress on the second syllable. The English language is naturally iambic, and Shakespeare used iambs for the speeches of good and noble figures.

five iambs to a line of ten syllables. Sonnets, rime royal, and heroic couplets all use iambic pentameter.

A combination of words that is not strictly in accordance with grammatical rules and often possesses a meaning other than its grammatical or logical one (e.g., an easy test might be described as a piece of cake).

To be assumed but not directly expressed.

A general conclusion drawn from information that is given.

A question that asks a responder to draw a conclusion.

The process or result of changing the form of a word to express a syntactic function without changing the word's grammatical class, as run to ran or runs.

Works of nonfiction such as transcripts, reports or journals.

rhymes inside the lines, or a word inside a line that rhymes with a word at the end of a line

A sentence that asks a question or makes an inquiry.

The rise and fall of a voice pitch.

The recognition of the difference between reality and appearance; includes situational irony in which there is a contrast between what is intended or expected and what actually occurs; verbal irony in which there is a contrast between what is said and what is actually meant; and dramatic irony in which words or actions are understood by the audience but not by characters.

An exception to a linguistic pattern or rule, as good, better, best are exceptions to the usual -er, -est pattern of comparatives and superlatives in English.

a fourteen-line poem of an octave and a sestet. Abba abba cde cde