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24 Cards in this Set
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Stock Epithets
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cliches of old, well known sayings as "lady fair" or "true love."
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Lyric
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originally a song composed by a lyre; later, a poem that is an emotional soliloquy.
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Quatrain
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grouping of four lines in a poem.
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Connotation
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suggested meaning of a word.
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Dramatic monologue
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a poem in which one character speaks to a character whose presence we feel.
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Tone
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speakers attitude toward himself, his subject, and his audience.
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Narrator
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speaker.
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Denotation
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dictionary meaning of a word.
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Figures of speech
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departures from logical usage for a special effect.
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Simile
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a comparison using "like" or "as"
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Metaphor
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a comparison not using "like" or "as"
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Personification
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giving human qualities to inanimate objects
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Apostrophe
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an address to a person or thing not listening
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Imagery
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something in a poem that appeals to our remembered senses.
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Irony
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saying something and meaning another.
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Paradox
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a contadiction
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Rhythm
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stress at regular intervals
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Alliteration
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repetition of initial sounds
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Onomatopoeia
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sound suggests the meaning of a word.
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Stanza
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a division of a poem, usually having a rhyme pattern.
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Couplet
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stanza of two lines.
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Sonnet
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14 line poem.
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Blank Verse
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unrhymed iambic pentameter.
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Theme
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central idea
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