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16 Cards in this Set
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figurative language
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language based on some sort of comparison that is not literally true
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direct metaphor
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says that something is something else
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speaker
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the voice talking in a poem
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extended metaphor
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extended over several lines of a poem and taken as far as they can logically go
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dialect
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way of speaking that is characteristic of a particular 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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subjective statement
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personal feelings and judgements
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objective statement
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facts, can be proved true
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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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denotation
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literal dictionary meaning
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aphorism
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didactic- meant to teach
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indirect characterization
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reader has to put clues together to find out what a character is like
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direct characterization
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the writer tells the reader directly what the character is like
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dramatic monologue
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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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poetry that does not have a 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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