He9 Final

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Objectivity

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unbiased account of a story or event, not distorted by prejudices

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Subjectivity

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getting the writer's personal opinion of a subject

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Report

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story written by a magazine or newspaper, unbiased facts

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Human Interest

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stories and details allowing one to see the way an event affected normal human lives

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Imagery

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language that appeals to the senses

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Figures of speech

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word or phrase that describes one thing in terms of another and is not meant on a literal level

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Propaganda

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distorted facts designed to manipulate what one thinks

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Exposition

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writing that explains, gives information, defines, or clarifies an idea

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Description

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writing that is intended to create a mood or emotion, or to recreate a person, place, a thing, an event, or an experience

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Narration

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writing that tells a story

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Persuasion

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writing that aims to convince the reader to think or act in a certain way

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Shakespearean sonnet

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three, four line quatrains followed by a two line couplet

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Petrarchan sonnet

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the first eight lines pose a question or problem, final six lines answer the problem

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Ballad

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a song that tells a story

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Lyric

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poetry that does not use iambs, but evokes the speaker's emotion and thoughts

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Couplet

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two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme

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Free verse

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poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme

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Iambic Pentameter

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line of poetry that contain 5 iambs

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Quatrain

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four rhyming lines

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Blank Verse

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poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter

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Internal Rhyme

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rhymes in the middle of a line

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Approximate rhyme

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two words sound alike, but don't rhyme exactly

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Rhyme scheme

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pattern of rhymes in a poem

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Personification

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metaphor giving human qualities to a non-human object or thing

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Extended Metaphor

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metaphor developed over several lines, or possibly the entire poem

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Hyperbole

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extravagant exaggeration

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Simile

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figure of speech comparing two unlike things by using words such as like or as

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Assonance

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repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by a different consonant sounds in words that are close together in a poem

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Alliteration

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Repetition of the same consonant sound in words that are very close together in a poem

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Blocking Figure

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want to prevent some action from happening

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Foil

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character used as a contrast to another character

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Soliloguy

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long speech by a lone character that expresses their thoughts aloud

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Aside

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when a character in a play addresses the audience, not overheard by others in the scene

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Dramatic irony

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audience knows something the character doesn't

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Verbal irony

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writer or speaker says one thing, but truly means something completely different

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Oxymoron

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combination of contradictory words

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Aphorism

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a concise statement of a principle

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Juxtaposition

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the act or instance of placing two or more things side by side

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Foil

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character used as a contrast to another character

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Soliloguy

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long speech by a lone character that expresses their thoughts aloud

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Aside

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when a character in a play addresses the audience, not overheard by others in the scene

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Dramatic irony

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audience knows something the character doesn't

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Verbal irony

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writer or speaker says one thing, but truly means something completely different

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Oxymoron

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combination of contradictory words

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Aphorism

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a concise statement of a principle

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Juxtaposition

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the act or instance of placing two or more things side by side

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Foil

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character used as a contrast to another character

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Soliloguy

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long speech by a lone character that expresses their thoughts aloud

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Aside

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when a character in a play addresses the audience, not overheard by others in the scene

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Internal Rhyme

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rhymes in the middle of a line

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Dramatic irony

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audience knows something the character doesn't

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Approximate rhyme

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two words sound alike, but don't rhyme exactly

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Verbal irony

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writer or speaker says one thing, but truly means something completely different

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Rhyme scheme

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pattern of rhymes in a poem

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Oxymoron

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combination of contradictory words

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Personification

Back 56

metaphor giving human qualities to a non-human object or thing

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Aphorism

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a concise statement of a principle

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Juxtaposition

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the act or instance of placing two or more things side by side

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Extended Metaphor

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metaphor developed over several lines, or possibly the entire poem

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Hyperbole

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extravagant exaggeration

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Simile

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figure of speech comparing two unlike things by using words such as like or as

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Assonance

Back 62

repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by a different consonant sounds in words that are close together in a poem

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Alliteration

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Repetition of the same consonant sound in words that are very close together in a poem

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Blocking Figure

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want to prevent some action from happening