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17 Cards in this Set
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Speaker
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a ficitonal chararcter or even an animal or object. voice that is talking to you in a poem.
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Extended Metaphor
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comparison not using like or as.
extended over several lines of a poem and taking as far as the 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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Denotation
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Literal meaning, dictionary definition
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Subjective Statement
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writer adds his or her opinions, judgement or feelings
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Objective Statement
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reports only the facts, 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 brief wise saying
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direct characterization
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the writter tells us directly what the character is like.
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indirect chararcterization
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have to put clues together to figure out what a 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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using no regular meter or rhyme scheme.
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ballad
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any light, simple song, esp. one of sentimental or romantic character, having two or more stanzas all sung to the same melody.
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blank verse
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unrhymed verse, esp. the unrhymed iambic pentameter most frequently used in English dramatic, epic, and reflective verse.
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conceit
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an excessively favorable opinion of one's own ability, importance, wit, etc.
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couplet
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a pair of successive lines of verse, esp. a pair that rhyme and are of the same length.
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