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  2. Cliché - Wikipedia

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    A cliché (UK: / ˈ k l iː ʃ eɪ / or US: / k l iː ˈ ʃ eɪ /; French:) is a saying, idea, or element of an artistic work that has become overused to the point of losing its original meaning, novelty, or figurative or artistic power, even to the point of now being bland or uninteresting. [1]

  3. Saying - Wikipedia

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    Cliché or bromide: an unoriginal and overused saying. Platitude : a cliché that is unsuccessfully presented as though it were meaningful, original, or effective. Epigram : a clever and often poetic written saying that comments on a specific person, idea, or thing; it especially denominates such a saying that is conspicuously put at the ...

  4. Glossary of literary terms - Wikipedia

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    Also apophthegm. A terse, pithy saying, akin to a proverb, maxim, or aphorism. aposiopesis A rhetorical device in which speech is broken off abruptly and the sentence is left unfinished. apostrophe A figure of speech in which a speaker breaks off from addressing the audience (e.g., in a play) and directs speech to a third party such as an opposing litigant or some other individual, sometimes ...

  5. Essay Poetry - Wikipedia

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    Before setting the name of the medium "essay poetry," Denny Januar Ali has changed his name several times, starting from lyrical opinion, lyrical essays, opinion poetry, and narrative poetry. The choice of the name for the essay poem is the final result of a discussion conducted by Denny Januar Ali and his colleagues, namely Sapardi Djoko ...

  6. Poetry from Daily Life: What does a poem have in common with ...

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    More often, though, they proceed at a more deliberate pace. And a lot of them don’t set out to be a poem in the first place. Most writers collect impressions. Almost anybody with a smartphone ...

  7. Trope (literature) - Wikipedia

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    The term trope derives from the Greek τρόπος (tropos), 'a turn, a change', [8] related to the root of the verb τρέπειν (trepein), 'to turn, to direct, to alter, to change'; [6] this means that the term is used metaphorically to denote, among other things, metaphorical language.

  8. Essay - Wikipedia

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    Subsequently, essay has been defined in a variety of ways. One definition is a "prose composition with a focused subject of discussion" or a "long, systematic discourse". [3] It is difficult to define the genre into which essays fall. Aldous Huxley, a leading essayist, gives guidance on the subject. [4]

  9. Poetics - Wikipedia

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    The term poetics derives from the Ancient Greek ποιητικός poietikos "pertaining to poetry"; also "creative" and "productive". [6] It stems, not surprisingly, from the word for poetry, "poiesis" (ποίησις) meaning "the activity in which a person brings something into being that did not exist before."