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25 Cards in this Set
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the person, place, or object that is discussed in the poem
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subject
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a central idea, message, or perception about life or human nature that the author shares with the reader
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theme
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the dictionary definition of a word
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denotation
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the attitude or feeling associated with a word
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connotation
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the order of the words
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syntac
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the writers choice of words
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diction
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the expression of a writers attitude toward a subject
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tone
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words and phrases that appeal to the senses such as sight, smell, ect.
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imagery
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a technique of creating emphasis by saying less than is actually or literally true
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understatement
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the truth is exaggerated
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hyperbole
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when someone says one thing but means another
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verbal irony
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a person, place of object that stand for something beyond itself
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symbol
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makes a comparison between two basically unlike things that have something in common
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metaphor
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compares two things using like or as
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simile
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a statement that seems to contradict itself but reveals some element of truth
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paradox
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two words used together to show a contradiction
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oxymoron
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human qualities are attributed to an object, animal or idea
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personification
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a regerence to a historical or fictional person, place or event with thich the reader is assumed to be famliar
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allusion
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a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry
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meter
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the repetition of a vowel sound in two or more stressed syllables
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assonance
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the repetition of consonant sounds
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alliteration
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words whose sounds echo their meanings
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onomatopeia
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a poem of 14 lines divided into an octave and a sestet
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sonnet
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a type of lyrical poetry that discusses the idyllic life of shepards
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pastoral
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narrative poem that was originally intended to be sung and typically tells a story
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ballad
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