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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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A Metaphor that goes on for a length of several lines
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Dialect
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Way of speaking that is characteristic of a particualar 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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Litteral meaning
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Subjective Statement
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To be able to read about someones thoughts, judgements, and feelings
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Objective Statement
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No clue about a writers feelings
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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 wise saying or teaching
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Indirect Characterization
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To put clues together to figure out what a character us like
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Direct Characterization
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Tells us 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 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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