Literary terms

The commencement of two or more stressed syllables of a word group either with the same consonant sound or sound group
The author uses a twist of words, figure of speech or magic poetic phrase or a newly created compound sentence or phrase to refer to a person, object, place, action or idea.
the language of the English people from the time of the earliest documents in the seventh century to about 1100
a lengthy narrative poem, ordinarily concerning a serious subject containing details of heroic deeds and events significant to a culture or nation.
a literary genre comprised of fictional works of chivalry and adventures from the Middle Ages.
a form of the English language spoken after the Norman conquest (1066) until the late 15th century.
story within a story, within sometimes yet another story

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The commencement of two or more stressed syllables of a word group either with the same consonant sound or sound group
The author uses a twist of words, figure of speech or magic poetic phrase or a newly created compound sentence or phrase to refer to a person, object, place, action or idea.
the language of the English people from the time of the earliest documents in the seventh century to about 1100
a lengthy narrative poem, ordinarily concerning a serious subject containing details of heroic deeds and events significant to a culture or nation.
a literary genre comprised of fictional works of chivalry and adventures from the Middle Ages.
a form of the English language spoken after the Norman conquest (1066) until the late 15th century.
story within a story, within sometimes yet another story

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