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	Silva Rhetoricae: The Forest of Rhetoric - http://humanities.byu.edu/rhetoric/silva.htm Reference to over 1000 rhetorical terms and a primer for classical and Renaissance rhetoric. Each term is accompanied by pronunciation, etymology, definition, examples from literature, cross references, and sources.
	Glossary of Poetic Terms - http://www.poeticbyway.com/glossary.html Guide to the study of poetry including phonetic pronunciation with numerous examples, hyper-linked keywords and cross references.
	Glossary of Poetic Terms - http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/display_rpo/poetterm.cfm A glossary of poetic terms organized by poet, title, first line, timeline, keyword or simple alphabetical index maintained by members of the Department of English at the University of Toronto.
	Literary Terms - http://www.virtualsalt.com/litterms.htm Glossary of common literary terms with references to published works where examples of these terms may be found.
	The Ism Book - http://www.ismbook.com/ismlist.html A Field Guide to the Nomenclature of Philosophy.

	Lexicon of Humanities - http://www.sil.org/~radneyr/humanities//index.html Site features basic glossaries, quotations, and bibliographies per discipline.
	Prototype Worlds - http://catb.org/~esr/sf-words/index.html Glossary of jargon and terminology originally coined in science fiction to describe technologies that did not exist at the time of writing or ideas for which no obviously suitable mainstream term was handy.
	A Dictionary of PostmodernTerms - http://www.california.com/~rathbone/lexicon.htm A growing dictionary of terms useful in reading postmodern works.
	Figures of Speech Tables - http://www.nipissingu.ca/faculty/williams/figofspe.htm Provides definitions of various figures of speech in English along with examples from literature of the period.
	World Civilizations - http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/GLOSSARY/GLOSSARY.HTM Glossary of key concepts in various world civilizations and major eras from Washington State University.

	Poeminister's Archaic and Poetical Dictionary - http://www.geocities.com/poeminister/dictionary Reference resource for archaic and poetical diction.
	A Philosophical Glossary for Beginners - http://www.princeton.edu/~jimpryor/general/vocab/glossary.html Terms to know when studying philosophy.

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