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65 Cards in this Set
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Form
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The way a poem's words and lines are laid out on the page
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Speaker
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The voice that talks to the reader
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Stanza
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lines that are arranged in groups
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Rhythm
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the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
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Rhyme
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the repetiton of sounds at the end of words
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Rhyme Scheme
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The pattern of rhyming lines in a poem
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Voice
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what talks to the reader
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Free Verse
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poems that don't follow set rules
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Mood
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the way a poem makes you feel
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Repetition
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The use of a work, phrase, or line more than once
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Alliteration
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the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
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Onomatopoeia
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the use of words whose sounds suggest their meanings
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Imagery
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language the appeals to the five senses
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Figurative Language
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the use of creative comparisons to help readers picture ordinary things in new ways.
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Simile
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A comparison between two unlike things using like or as
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Metaphor
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a direct comparison between two unlike things that does not contain like or as
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Personification
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a description of an object, an animal, a place, or an idea as if it were human or had human qualities
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Assonance
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repetition of vowel sounds the create internal rhyming
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Hyperbole
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intentional exaggeration
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Disposition
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one's usual mood; temperment
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Desolate
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barren and lifeless
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Ostenation
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boastful display to impress others; showiness
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Sullen
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somber; quiet; sad
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Derision
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Ridicule; mockery
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Encumbrances
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burdens or obstacles
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Formidable
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arousing fear, dead or alarm
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Condone
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to accept and allow a behavior to continue
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Deterred
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prevented or discouraged from acting
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Solace
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comfort in trouble
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Insidious
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intended to entrap; treacherous
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Berating
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angrily scolding or criticizing
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Sinister
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suggesting or threatening evil
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Valor
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courage and boldness; bravery
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Badger
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to harass persistently
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Benevolent
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showing, doing, or resulting in good
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Elapse
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to slip by, as in time
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Fitful
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stopping and starting intermittenly
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Genre
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a category
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Immaterial
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of little or no importance
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Innate
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possessed from birth; inborn
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Kindle
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to set fire; to catch fire to arouse feelings, to stir emotion
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Listless
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lacking energy; unenthusuastic
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Meager
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lacking abundance; inadequate; scanty
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Octogenarian
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someone between eighty and ninety years old
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Permeate
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to spread or flow through; to penetrate throughout
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Tether
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a rope or chain to restrain
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Haven
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a place of safety; sanctuary
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Alight
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to descend and settle, as after flying, lighted
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Convalesce
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to recover one's health
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Feint
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to distract an opponent by pretending to move in one direction and then moving in another
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Integral
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necessary to make something complete; essential
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Jurisdiction
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the authority to intepret and apply the law
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Malnutrition
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a lack of proper nutrition
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Painstaking
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using or requiring great care or effort
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Wince
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to flinch
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Detriment
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a disadvantage; a loss
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Drone
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to speak in a monotonous tone
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Horizontal
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parallel to the horizon; level
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Hypocrite
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a person who does not practice the beliefs or opinions that he or she professes
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Insubordinate
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defiant to authority; disobediant; rebellious
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Mentor
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a wise, trusted counselor or advisor
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Retract
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to draw back or in
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Sanctuary
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A place of refuge or safety; a sacred place
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Somber
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dismal; bleak
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Zenith
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the highest point; the peak
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