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17 Cards in this Set
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Form
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How the text is written.
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Ex. Poem, short story, narrative ect.
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Content
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What it is about, the actual story/topic/argument.
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Volta
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Shift esp at the end of a sonnet
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Blazon
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A sub-genre of love poetry where you compare a parts of a woman's body to other things. Ex. Eyes like the sun.
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Ex. Sonnet 130 is an ironic Blazon
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Shakespearean Sonnet
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14 lines, iambic pentameter, rhyme scheme= abab, cdcd, efef, gg, Volta comes in the last two lines.
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Elegy
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Poem for the dead that laments, shows admiration, and offers consolidation.
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"On Shakespeare" by Milton.
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Enjambment
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When the line does not end at the line break.
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Theme
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Idea or attitude towards the subject, meaning on the text.
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Denote
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Refers to the dictionary definition ex dog is an animal.
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Connote
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Suggests meaning other than the dictionary definition ex dogs suggests qualities like loyalty.
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Narrative poetry
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Tells a story, most used form in the history of poetry.
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Expressive poetry
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Expresses deep emotions or observations.
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Probative poetry
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Is not concerned with story telling or emotion but with exploration.
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Imagist idea
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If you describe a image in the purest way without interpreting people will interpret it anyway.
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Lipogram
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Writing without using a certain letter
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Chapter I: Christian Bok
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Metaficrion
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Story about stories.
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Diegesis
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Narrative or plot typically in a movie.
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