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13 Cards in this Set
- Front
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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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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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The writer adds his or her opinions, judgments, or feelings.
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Objective Statement
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The writer 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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Dramatic Monologue
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A character gives a dramatic speach to a grp. of actors on a stage
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Aphorism
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brief, wise saying
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Indiret Characterization
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Put clues together to figure out what a character is like
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Direct Characterization
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The writer tells you directly what the character is like.
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Free Verse
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Using 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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