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20 Cards in this Set
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Allegory
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When details have a second meaning. Characters often represent different aspects of morality.
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Alliteration
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When multiple words in a row have the same consonant sounds, usually at the beginning of the word.
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Blank Verse
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When a poem doesn't rhyme in a 5/4 meter.
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Characterization
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How a writer shows character in their writing.
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Convention
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The way to define what genre a piece of writing is.
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Dactyl
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One stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables.
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Epigram
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A short, clever poem. Normally a satyr.
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Falling meter
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Poetic meters that move from stressed to unstressed syllables.
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Free Verse
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A poem unbound from any laws of meter, length, or rhyme.
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Hyperbole
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An exageration
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Irony
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The opposite of what is expected to happen happening. Another form is sarcasm.
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Literal Language
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When the writer means exactly what is written.
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Octave
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An eight line unit. Kind of like a measuring tool for a poem.
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Ode
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A long poem, usually very solemn and deep.
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Onomatopoeia
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Using a word to imitate sounds.
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Recognition
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When a character finally realized the situation they are in.
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Style
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The way an author selects words, and order. Similar to diction.
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Tone
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The attitude of the writing, like the overall mood of the piece.
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Understatement
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When the writer writes less than what is meant. The opposite of exaggeration.
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Complication
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A bigger version of conflict. Complication grow and grows until it is resolved.
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