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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| figure | /x | Noun, Noun |
| image | /x | Noun, Noun |
| figure of speech | /x// | Phrase, Noun |
| cliche | x/ | Noun |
| archetype | /xx | Noun |
| stereotype | /xxx | Noun |
| meme | / | Noun |
| hackneyed | /x | Adjective |
| subgenre | /x | Noun |
| subverted | x/x | Verb |
| narrative | /xx | Noun |
| tactic | /x | Noun |
| catchphrase | // | Noun |
| genre | /x | Noun |
| villain | /x | Noun |
| metaphor | /xx | Noun |
| fallacy | /xx | Noun |
| parody | /xx | Noun |
| overused | xx/ | Adjective |
| myth | / | Noun |
| subtext | /x | Noun |
| canard | x/ | Noun |
| othering | /xx | Name |
| leitmotif | /xx | Noun |
| concept | /x | Noun |
| dichotomy | x/xx | Noun |
| euphemism | /xxx | Noun |
| subversion | x/x | Noun |
| paradigm | /xx | Noun |
| allegory | /xxx | Noun |
| phrase | / | Noun |
| notion | /x | Noun |
| epithet | /xx | Noun |
| theme | / | Noun |
| hero | /x | Noun |
| mythos | /x | Noun |
| titular | /xx | Adjective |
| protagonist | x/xx | Noun |
| gambit | /x | Noun |
| melodrama | /xxx | Noun |
| heteronormative | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| conceit | x/ | Noun |
| tragedy | /xx | Noun |
| thriller | /x | Noun |
| procedural | x/xx | Adjective |
| romantic comedy | x/x/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| premise | /x | Noun |
| intrigue | x/ | Noun |
| plot | / | Noun |
| horror | /x | Noun |
| fugue | / | Noun |
| scene | / | Noun |
| fiction | /x | Noun |
| fairy tale | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| comedy | /xx | Noun |
| foil | / | Noun |
| escapism | x/xx | Noun |
| romance | x/ | Noun |
| crossover | /xx | Noun |
| heist | / | Noun |
| film noir | // | Phrase, Noun |
| tetralogy | x/xx | Noun |
| comic relief | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| trilogy | /xx | Noun |
| universe | /xx | Noun |
| scène à faire | xx | Phrase, Noun |
| satire | /xx | Noun |
| police procedural | x/x/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| hook | / | Noun |
| faction | /x | Noun |
| scenario | x/xx | Noun |
| canon | /x | Noun |
| danse macabre | /xxx | Phrase, Noun |
| novel | /x | Noun |
| prop | / | Noun |
| lore | / | Noun |
| fable | /x | Noun |
| travesty | /xx | Noun |
| continuity | xx/xx | Noun |
| comic | /x | Adjective |
| classic | /x | Noun |
| franchise | /x | Noun |
| outline | /x | Noun |
| storyline | /xx | Noun |
| property | /xx | Noun |
| slipstream | /x | Noun |
| synecdoche | /x/ | Noun |
| anthropomorphism | xxx/xx | Noun |
| metonymy | x/xx | Noun |
| apostrophe | x/xx | Noun |
| primitivism | /xxxx | Noun |
| cannibalism | /xxxx | Noun |
| orientalist | xx/xx | Adjective |
| deploys | x/ | Verb |
| fetishism | /xxx | Noun |
| recurring | x/x | Adjective, Verb |
| rhetorical | x/xx | Adjective |
| personification | xxxx/x | Noun |
| irony | /xx | Noun |
| blackness | /x | Noun |
| inversion | x/x | Noun |
| cinematic | xx/x | Adjective |
| invokes | x/ | Verb |
| modernist | /xx | Adjective |
| autobiography | xxx/xx | Noun |
| femininity | xx/xx | Noun |
| familiar | x/x | Adjective |
| discourse | /x | Noun |
| motherhood | /xx | Noun |
| controlling | x/x | Adjective |
| reverses | x/x | Verb |
| commonplace | /xx | Adjective |
| persuasion | x/x | Noun |
| ironic | x/x | Adjective |
| rhetoric | /xx | Noun |
| madness | /x | Noun |
| ubiquitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| employs | x/ | Verb |
| favored | /x | Adjective |
| reversal | x/x | Noun |
| pervasive | x/x | Adjective |
| modernity | x/xx | Noun |
| appropriation | xxx/x | Noun |
| foundational | x/xx | Adjective |
| recurrent | x/x | Adjective |
| allegorical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| authenticity | xx/xx | Noun |
| masculinity | xx/xx | Noun |
| dominant | /xx | Adjective |
| poetic | x/x | Adjective |
| variant | /xx | Noun |
| exile | /x | Noun |
| gendered | /x | Adjective |
| literary | /xxx | Adjective |
| jew | / | Name |
| echoes | /x | Verb |
| privileged | /x | Adjective |
| evokes | x/ | Verb |
| venerable | /xxx | Adjective |
| discursive | x/x | Adjective |
| representational | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| resemblance | x/x | Noun |
| enduring | x/x | Adjective |
| organizes | /xxx | Verb |
| writing | /x | Noun |
| repetition | xx/x | Noun |
| furious | /xx | Adjective |
| mythic | /x | Adjective |
| travel | /x | Noun |
| indian | /xx | Name |
| functioned | /x | Verb |
| exaggeration | xxx/x | Noun |
| exemplar | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| hyperbole | x/xx | Noun |
| motif | x/ | Noun |
| oxymoron | x//x | Noun |
| simile | /xx | Noun |
| symbol | /x | Noun, Verb |
| tenet | /x | Noun |
| topoi | // | Noun |
| touchstone | /x | Noun |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| vernacular | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| headlines | /x | Noun |
| standard | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| dialect | /xx | Noun |
| cloth | / | Noun |
| chunk | / | Noun, Verb |
| cluster | /x | Noun, Verb |
| collocation | xx/x | Noun |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| oh | / | Noun, Verb |
| maypole | /x | Noun, Verb |
| stovepipe | /x | Noun, Verb |
| girly | /x | Adjective, Noun |
