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15 Cards in this Set
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Elegy
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Poem mourning the dead
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End rhyme
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"Normal rhyme"
Rhyming words at the ends of their respective lines |
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Epic
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Long poem narrating adventures of a heroic figure
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Fable
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Story that illustrates a moral
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Figurative language
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Language that does not mean exactly what it means
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First person point of view
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The narrator refers to himself as "I"
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Foreshadowing
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A technique in which author gives clues about a later event
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Free verse
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Poetry with no set meter (rhythm) or rhyme scheme
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Genre
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A kind of style, usually of art or literature
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Hyperbole
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A huge expression
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Iambic pentameter
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Ten-syllable lines where every other syllable is stressed
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Imagery
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Use of description that helps reader imagine how something looks/sounds/feels/smells/tastes
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Internal rhyme
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A rhyme that occurs within one line
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Irony
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Language that conveys a certain idea by saying the opposite
{Dramatic, Situational, Verbal} |
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Literal language
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Language that means exactly what it says
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