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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 the poem.
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Extended Metaphor
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a metaphor extended over several linesof 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, assocations, or emotions that a word suggests
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Denotation
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literal meaning
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Subjective Statement
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personal feelings or judgmenats
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Objective Statement
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facts, 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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Aphorism
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a brief wise saying
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Indirect Characterization
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have to put the clues together to find 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 group of actors on the 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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