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28 Cards in this Set
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verse
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any composition in lines of more or less regular rhythm
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paraphrase
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to put into our own words what we understood the poem to say
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summary
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a brief condensation of gist, main idea, or story
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theme
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a generally reoccurring subject or idea conspicuously evident in a literary work
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subject
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the main topic, whatever the poem is "about"
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lyric poetry
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a short poem expressing the thoughts and feeling of a single speaker
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tone
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the attitude toward a subject conveyed in a literary work
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image
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a word or sequence of words that refers to any sensory experience
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figure of speech
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comparison that departs from the usual denotations of words
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simile
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comparison of two things using like or as
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metapor
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statement that one thing is something else
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personification
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thing, animal, abstract term is made human
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apostrophe
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a way of addressing someone/thing invisible or not ordinarily spoken to
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overstatement
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speak not literal truth (hyperbole)
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understatement
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implying more than is said
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symbol
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a visible object or action that suggests further meaning in addition to itself
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diction
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word choice or vocabulary
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connotation
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an association or addition meaning that a word, image or phrase may carry, apart from its literal denotation
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denotation
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the literal dictionary meaning of a word
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concrete diction
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involves a highly specific word choice in the naming of something or someone
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abstract diction
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contains words that express more general ideas or concepts
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auditory image
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a word or sequence of words that refers to the sense of hearing
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tactile image
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a word or sequence of words that refer to the sense of touch
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soliloquy
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a speech by a character alone on-stage in which he or she utters his/her thoughts aloud
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visual imagery
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a word or sequence of words that refers to the sense of sight or presents something one may see
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narrative poem
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a poem that tells a story
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olfactory imagery
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a word or sequence of words that refer to the sense of smell
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conventions
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any established feature or technique in literature that is commonly understood by both authors and readers
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