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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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extender metaphor
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a metaphor that extends for many lines
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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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dictionary definition
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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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subjective statement
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the writer adds his or hers opinions, judgments, or feelings
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objective statement
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reports only the facts; the writer is invisible
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aphorism
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a brief, wise saying
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indirect characterization
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have to put clues together to figure out what the character is like
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direct characterization
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the writer 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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is poetry that has no regular meter or rhyme scheme
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blank verse
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poetry written in unrhymes iambic pentameter
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