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14 Cards in this Set
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Speaker
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the voice that is talking to us in a poem
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Extended metaphor
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when a metaphor (comparison not using like or as) is over several lines.
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Dialect
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Way of speaking that is characteristic of a paticular region or group of people
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Connotation
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all the meanings, associations, or emotions that a word suggests.
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denotation
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literal meaning
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subjective statment
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the writer adds his/her opinions, and feelings
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objective statment
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writing that contians only the facts and the writer is invisible
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tone
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the attitude a writer takes toward the reader, a subject, or a character.
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aphorism
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a breif, wise saying that is a diadect
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Indirect charaterization
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when you have to put clues together to figure out what the character is like
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direct characterization
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whe the character is directly described to you in the story
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dramatic monologue
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a charcter gives a dramatic speech to a group of actors on stage
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free verse
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in poetry using no regular meter or ryhm scheme
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blank verse
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poetry written in unryhmed iambic pentameter
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