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24 Cards in this Set
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Alliteration
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Repetition of initial consenent sound (ex: Peter picked a pack of pickled peppers)
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Allusion
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Reference to another text.
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Blank Verse
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A poem written in Iambic Pentameter
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Cliche
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A phrase, that is commonly used in language and literature (ex: a dog is a mans best friend)
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Connotation
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An implied meaning
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Donotation
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The literal meaning
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Expository
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An essay meant to expose or prove something.
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First person POV
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A point of view using I, myself, etc
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Second person POV
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A point of view that reads like a cookbook, you.
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Third person POV
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A point of view that uses he, she, they, etc.
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Limited POV
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A point of view that the teller knows all about a single person. Read one mind.
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Omniscient POV
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A point of view that the teller knows all and see's all. Can read minds, know everything.
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Free Verse
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An unrhyming poem.
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Hyperbole
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An extreme exaggration
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Metaphor
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Direct comparison without like or as
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Mood
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The prevailing feeling in a story.
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Onamotopeia
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Words that replicate sounds.
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Oxymoron
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Phrase that contradicts itself.
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Personification
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Inanimate objects with human characteristics.
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Rhyme Schme
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pattern of rhyme within a poem.
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Similie
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A comparison with like or as
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Sonnet
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A poem, properly expressive of a single, complete thought, idea, or sentiment, of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter
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Symbol
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An object that represents something else
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Theme
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A unifying or dominant idea.
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