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14 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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A metaphor that developes it comparison over several lines of a poem or even throughout a whole poem
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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
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Objective Statement
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something that can be proven 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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Subjective Statement
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Personal feelings and judgements
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Aphorism
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Brief , wise saying
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Direct Characterization
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The writer tells us directly what a character is like
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Indirect Characterization
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Putting clues together to figure out what a character is like
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Dramatic Monologue
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a character who gives a dramatic speech to a group of actors on stage
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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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