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20 Cards in this Set
- Front
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Alliteration
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repeated consonant sounds at the beginnings of words
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Allusion
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reference to anothers work in past history
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Dialogue
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conversation between characters
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Flashback
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event happening before the action of the story
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Free Verse
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a type of verse with no regular meter or rhyme
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Imagery
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language appealing to the senses, enhances description
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Irony
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words express the opposite of what is true
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Lyric Poetry
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the type of poetry expresses feelings
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Metaphor
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a comparison without using like or as
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Meter
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regular pattern of syllables
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Mood
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atmosphere created with imagery
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Narrative Poetry
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a type of poetry that tells a story
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Onomatopoeia
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words that imitate their meaning
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Personification
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human qualities attached to object, animals, or ideas
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rhyme
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repeated sounds at the ends of lines
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rhythm
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the beat of the poem
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simile
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comparison using like or as
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stanza
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a poems "paragraph"
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symbolism
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an object, character, or setting representing something else
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tone
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narrator/author's attitude toward elements of the story
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