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17 Cards in this Set
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a comparison between two dissimilar things, without using like or as.
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metaphor
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an organized rhythmic pattern created by the repetition of the same foot, or group of stressed and unstressed syllables, throughout a poem.
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meter
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a poem that tells a story, whether bried as the ballad or as lengthy as an epic.
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narrative poem
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the situation that is happening currently in a piece of literature.
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occasion
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a lyric poem which is lofty and dignified in suject matter and style.
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ode
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the use of words whose sounds imitate natural sounds
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onomatopoeia
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a figure of speech that puts together two opposing or contradictory ideas
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oxymoron
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a figure of speech in which animals, inanimate objects, or ideas are given human qualities
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personification
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repeating of a word, sound, phrase, or idea in a poem
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repetition
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the repetition of two or more words reasonably close to each other in which the last vowel sound and the last consonant sound are the same
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rhyme
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the pattern in which end rhyme occcurs throughout the stanza or an entire poem
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rhyme scheme
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in poetry, the reccurrence or repetition of dressed and unstressed syllables in a regular pattern that it can be measured in feet, it is called meter
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rhythm
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a figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared using like or as
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simile
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a lyric poem of fourteen lines usually written in rhymed iambic pentameter (two types are Shakespearian and Petrarchan)
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sonnet
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a group of lines in a poem, considered as a unit
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stanza
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in a poem, usually a figure of speech in which an object, person, place, event, or quality is chosen to stand for something other than itself
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symbol
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the attitude an writer takes toward the reader, a subject, or a character. It is conveyed through the writer's choice of words and details.
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tone
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