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29 Cards in this Set
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antithesis
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contrasting ideas and words
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slavery is the antithesis of freedom.
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parallelism
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successful use of verbal constructions of poetry
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like father, like son.
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rhetorical questions
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questions that already has an obvious answer but it asked for the purpose of making you think
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If practice makes perfect, and no one's perfect, then why practice?
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repetition
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repeating words or phases
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a horse is a horse, of course, of course.
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anaphora
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repeating that occurs at the beginning of each line
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My life is my purpose. My life is my goal. My life is my inspiration.
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aphorism
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observation that tells a general truth
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Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.
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alliteration
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the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent connected words
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Larry’s lizard likes leaping leopards.
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allusion
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an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference
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I was surprised his nose was not growing like Pinocchio’s
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meter
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one of the tools used by poets to make language memorable and pleasing to the ear
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kait-lyn -trochee
au-stin- iamb |
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iambic pentameter
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each line has five iambic feet, pattern consisting of unstressed and then stressed
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And I do love thee: therefore, go with me
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trochee
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stressed and then unstressed
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Why so pale and wan, fond Lover?
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mood
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the atmosphere the author creates for the reader
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The river, reflecting the clear blue of the sky, glistened and sparkled as it flowed noiselessly on.
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tone
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author attitude toward a subject or audience
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I want to draw the attention of the concerned authorities toward damage caused by an epidemic. If steps were not taken to curb it, it will further injure our community
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assonance
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when two or more words close to one another repeat the same vowel sound but start with different consonant sounds
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Men sell the wedding bells
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consonance
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repetitive sounds produced by consonants within a sentence or phrase
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The ship has sailed to the far off shores.
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stanzas
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groups of lines sometimes characterized by a repeating pattern of rhyme.
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Writing feels good
And I know it should Who could have knew That what I do Is write, write, write |
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rhyme scheme
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pattern of end rhyme in a stanza or an entire poem
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a-b-a
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blank verse
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unrhymed poetry written in iambic pentameter
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But, woe is me, you are so sick of late,
So far from cheer and from your former state, That I distrust you. Yet, though I distrust, Discomfort you, my lord, it nothing must |
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enjambment
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one line ends with out a pause and continues into the next line
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Or gazing on the new soft-fallen masque
Of snow upon the mountains and the moors |
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prose
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written in sentences and/or paragraphs
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what is your name?
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poetry
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written in stanzas
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roses are red
voilets are blue sugar is sweet and so are you. |
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drama
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written in scripts or dialogue
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wife-hey how was your morning honey?
husband- don't talk to me till i get my coffee! |
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romanticism
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an artistic movement reacting to the age of reason
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characteristics- inspired by nature , emphasized importance of emotion, celebrated individualism, optimistic, explored supernatural things.
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tall tale
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type of humorous folktale, often associated with the American frontier, based on the life of a real person.
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john henry
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characterization
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the methods a writer to reveal the personality of a character
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abigail- bold character
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conflict
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struggle between two characters in a story
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peter pan and captain hook
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moral
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a lesson a story teaches.
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every story has a theme but not always a moral
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inference
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reading between the lines
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looking for clues.
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satire
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shows the foolishness or vice in humans organization, or even governments.
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uses sarcasm, ridicule,or irony.
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