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14 Cards in this Set
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Connotations
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a word with a dictionary deffinition, but has a meaning beyond that, "how it makes you feel"
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Denotation
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the true, real deffinition of a word
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Dialect
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a way of speaking that is characteristic of a particular reigon or group of people
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Extended Metaphor
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a comparrison not using like or as that goes on for several lines
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Objective Statement
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a statement that can be proved true
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Speaker
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the voice talking to us in a poem
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Subjective Statement
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personal feelings and judgements
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Tone
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the attitude a write takes tward the reader, a subject, or a character
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aphorism
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a breif or wise saying
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Indirect Characterization
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putting clues togehter to find out what the character is like
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Direct Characterization
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when the writer tells us directly what the character is like
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Dramatic Monolouge
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a character gives a dramatic speech to a group of actors on a stage
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Free Verse
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when writing a poem it has no regular meter or rhyme scheme
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Blank Verse
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poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
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