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ALLITERATION

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THE REPETITION OF THE SAME CONSONANT SOUNDS BEGINNING EACH WORD IN A SEQUENCE OF WORDS

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ASSONANCE

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THE REPETITION OF INTERNAL VOWEL SOUNDS WITHOUT THE REPETITION OF CONSONANT SOUNDS. USED AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO RHYME IN VERSE TO CREATE AN AURAL UNITY WITHIN A POETIC LINE

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ONOMATOPOEIA

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A TERM REFERRING TO THE USE OF A WORD THAT RESEMBLES THE SOUND IT DENOTES.

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EYE RHYME

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WHEN TWO WORDS LOOK AS THOUGH THEY WOULD SOUND ALIKE, BUT THEIR SOUND IS DIFFERENT

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PERFECT RHYME

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EXISTS BETWEEN WORDS THAT SHRAE THE SAME STRESSED VOWEL SOUNDS AS WELL AS THE SOUNDS THAT FOLLOW THE VOWEL

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SLANT RHYME

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THE SOUND OF THE RHYMING WORDS IS CLOSE BUT NOT EXACT BALL AND BELL

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MASCULINE RHYME

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MEANS THAT THE ACCENT ON THE RHYMING WORDS IS ON A FINAL STRESSED SYLLABLE (BETRAY AWAY)

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FEMININE RHYME

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CONSISTS OF A RHYMED STRESSED SYLLABLE FOLLOWED BY ONE OR MORE IDENTICAL UNSTRESSED SYLLABLES (SEASON REASON)

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INTERNAL RHYME

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PLACES AT LEAST ONE OF THE RHYMED WORDS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LINE

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END STOPPED

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A POETIC LINE THAT COMES TO A DEFINITE STOP OR PAUSE AT THE END

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END RHYME

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IS WHEN THE WORDS AT THE END OF THE LINE RHYME

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ENJAMBED

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A POETIC LINE WHOSE MEANING IS NOT COMPLETE AT THE END BUT CONTINUE ON WITHOUT PAUSE TO THE NEXT LINE.

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DENOTATIVE

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THE DIRECT, SPECIFIC MEANING OF A WORD, AS DISTINCT FROM AN IMPLIED OR ASSOCIATED MEANING.

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CONNOTATIVE

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THE ASSOCIATED MEANING THAT HAVE BUILT UP AROUND A WORD. IMPLICATIONS GOES BEYOND THE LITERAL MEANING OF THE WORD.

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DICTION

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A WRITER'S CHOICE OF LANGUAGE... WORDS, PHRASES, SENTENCE STRUCTURE

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APOSTROPHE

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A FIGURE OF SPEECH IN WHICH THE POET ADDRESSES SOMETHING THAT IS INANIMATE OR ABSTRACT AS A PERSONIFIED THING

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SIMILE

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A FIGURE OF SPEECH THAT MAKES AN EXPLICIT COMPARISON BETWEEN TWO THINGS USING THE WORDS "LIKE" OR "AS"

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METAPHOR

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A FIGURE OF SPEECH IN WHICH ONE THING IS EQUATED WITH ANOTHER IN AN INDIRECT COMPARISON WITHOUT USING THE WORD "LIKE" OR "AS"

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PERSONIFICATION

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A FORM OF METAPHOR IN WHICH HUMAN CHARACTERISTICS ARE GIVEN TO SOMETHING INANIMATE

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OXYMORON

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A STATEMENT THAT CONTRADICTS ITSELF

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HYPERBOLE

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EXAGGERATED STATEMENTS THAT ARE NOT INTENDED TO BE TAKEN FOR THE TRUTH.

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UNDERSTATEMENT

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DESCRIBING SOMETHING, OFTEN FOR COMIC EFFECT, IN TERMS THAT SUGGEST IT IS MUCH SMALLER OR LESS IMPORTANT THATN WE KNOW IT REALLY IS

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"IF WE MUST DIE"

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CALL TO ARMS... IF WE'RE GOING TO DIE THEN SHOW OUR BRAVERY AND FIGHT BACK. DIE FOR A PURPOSE.
RESPONSE TO RED SUMMER OF 1919 WHERE LITTLE BOY IN MICHIGAN SWAM TO THE WRONG SIDE AND WAS BEATEN

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"THE LYNCHING"

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SOMEONE BEING LYNCHED, PERHAPS ABOUT GOING TO HEAVEN TO SEE THE FATHER, GIRLS DANCED AROUND HIS HANGING BODY, CROWDS VIEWED

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"THE NEGRO SPEAKS OF RIVERS"

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RIVERS, EXPLAINS JOURNEY OF NEGROES ALONG TIME

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"INCIDENT"

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EIGHT YEAR OLD TRIP TO BALTIMORE, 7 MONTHS, ONLY REMEMBERS BEING CALLED N-WORD BY ANOTHER CHILD

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"A BLACK MAN TALKS OF REAPING"

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A MAN TALKS ABOUT PLANTING NAD WORKING IN THE FIELDS, BROTHERS SONS WILL "FEED ON BITTER FRUIT"

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"KADDISH"

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WRITTEN TO MOURN HIS MOTHER'S DEATH

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"THE DAY LADY DIED"

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WRITTEN ABOUT BILLIE HOLIDAY'S DEATH. HE READ ABOUT THE DEATH IN THE NEWSPAPER

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"IT'S RAINING IN LOVE"

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"DO YOU THINK ITS GOING TO RAIN?" ABOUT A GAIN WHO IS INSECURE IN RELATIONSHIPS, ENDS WITH A GIRL ASKING HIM AND HE FEELS RELIEVED "THANK GOD ITS YOU BABY THIS TIME INSTEAD OF ME.

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"WHAT I HAVE LEARNED"

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WANTS TO DO HIS OWN THING. WILL PASS ON SOMETHING THAT HE LEARNS, ONCE HE LEARNS IT. WOULD PREFER TO DRINK WINE AND WATCH FLOWERS.

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"I GIVE UP"

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VERY CONFUSED. VERY DEPRESSED IN NIGHT TIME AND MORNING "DONT LEAVE ME, DONT GO TO SLEEP"

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THEMES FROM HAMLET

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REVENGE, BETRAYAL, DEATH, JUSTICE, MADNESS

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"ME THINKS THE LADY PROTESTS TOO MUCH"

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HAMLET, THE QUEEN STATES THIS ABOUT THE PLAY-QUEEN. THE SECRET IS BECOMING REVEALED.

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WHAT DO FLOWERS REPRESENT IN HAMLET?

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THE WOMEN... THEY ARE WEAK, CONTROLLABLE. (SHRINKING VIOLET)

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TRAGIC FLAW OF HAMLET

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INSATIABLE APPETITE FOR REVENGE IN HAMLET.

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CHARACTERS OF HAMLET

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CLAUDIUS, HAMLET, POLONIUS, HORATIO, LAERTES, MARCELLUS, BERNARDO, GERTRUDE, OPHELIA

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"Frailty, thy name is woman!"

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HAMLET

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"Something is rotten in the state of Denmark. "

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HAMLET

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"Get thee to a nunnery"

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HAMLET

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DEATH OF A SALESMAN CHARACTERS

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WILLY LOMAN, LINDA, BIFF, HAPPY, BERNARD, CHARLEY, UNCLE BEN,

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SIMILARITIES BETWEEN HAPPY AND BIFF

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BOTH SEEK FATHER'S APPROVAL, MORE SO WHEN YOUNGER. HAPPY IS SUCCESSFUL AND CONTENT. BIFF IS LOST AND WANDERING THE WORLD.

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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FATHER AND SONS

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STRAINED. NEED FOR APPROVAL WHEN YOUNGER. SEEMS TO CARE MORE WHAT BIFF DOES WITH HIS LIFE, IGNORES HAPPY.

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RELEVANCE OF STOCKINGS OF DEATH OF A SALESMAN?

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GAVE NEW STOCKINGS TO GIRLFRIEND, WHILE HIS WIFE HAD TO MEND HER OLD TORN STOCKINGS

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RELEVANCE OF CHARACTERS NAMES IN DEATH OF SALESMAN?

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BIFF- JOCK, IMMATURE,
HAPPY- HAPPY IN LIFE
WILLY-IMMATURE, NOT PROFESSION, NICKNAME
LOMAN- LOW MAN ON THE TODEM POLE.

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DEATH OF SALESMAN ... TRAGEDY OR NOT?

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TRADITIONAL DEFINITION INCLUDES THAT THE MAIN CHARACTER HAS A RISE AND FALL, MAIN CHAR. DIES. HOWEVER DOESNT HAVE A "RISE" AND DOESN'T SEEM ALL THAT TRAGIC WITH THE STORY LINE.

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A DOLL HOUSE CHARACTERS

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TORVALD, NORA, DR RANK, MRS LINDE, KROGSTAD

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NORA'S ALLOWANCE

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1/2 GOES TO PAY OFF LOAN, 1/2 TO BUY HERSELF THINGS TO KEEP SUSPICIONS LOW

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TORVALD AND NORA'S RELATIONSHIP?

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HE IS CONTROLLING. SHE IS CHILDISH. HE HAS PET NAMES FOR HER, ALLOWANCE, SHE ACTS CHILDISH.

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SHIFT OF POWER?

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OCCURS WHEN HE FINDS THE LETTER AND SHE DECIDES TO LEAVE HIM. HE BEGS HER TO STAY