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15 Cards in this Set
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alliteration
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-repitition of initial consonant sounds.
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allusion
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-reference to a well known person,place, event, literary work, or work of art.
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ballad
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-a songlike poem that tells a story
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concrete poem
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-a poem with a shape that suggests its subject.
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connotation
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-the set of ideas associated with a word's meaning.
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denotation
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-a word's dictionary meaning.
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elegy
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-a solemn and formal lyric poem about death.
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epic poem
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-a long narrative poem about the adventures of gods or a hero.
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free verse
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-a poem that does not have regular rythem.
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Haiku
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-a three-line Japenese verse form.
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image
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-words or phrases that appeal to one or more of the senses.
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limerick
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-a humorous, rhyming, five-line poem with specific meter and rhyme scheme.
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lyric poem
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-a highly musical verse that expresses a single, unified impression.
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metaphor
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-a figure of speech in which something is described as though it were something else.
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meter
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-rythmical pattern.
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