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allegory
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representation af abstract ideas or principles by characters figures or events in a narritive framatic or pictoral form
ex. Ring Around the Rosie |
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meter
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a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
occurs when the stressed and unstressed syllable of the words in a poem are araranged ina repeating pattern when writtten the writers count the # of stressed syllables and unstressed syllables for each line and repete ex Romeo and Juliet |
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Rhyme Scheme
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a pattern of rhyme usually at the end of a word
use letters of the alaphebet ro represent sounds tobe able to visullay see the pattern ex. aa bb cc aa |
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free verse poetry
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does NOT have any repeating patters of stressed and unstressed syllables
usually do NOT rnyme sounds like a conversation modern type poetry |
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blank verse poetry
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written in lines of combic pentameter but does NOT used end rhyme
ex. julieus Ceaser |
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structure (form)
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defined by patterns of line and stanza length, rythem, and rhyme
types include kaikue, sumets ect. |
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graphic elements (word position)
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helps readers understand the poem
strengthens the soudn or visual appeal puctuation, when to stop line lenght, choppy or not word position relationship between wrods and ideas |
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syntax (sentence structure)
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the way words are organized to express ideas
the rules for the patterns in language ex spanish word order eng. word order |
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the quest
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search to reastore fertilityh to wasted land
ultimate goal of main character |
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the task
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a step to complete the quest
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the initiation
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initiation to adult life
gives adolescent a new awareness and sense of hope susally takes place near the end of the story |
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the journey
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hero searches truth or information
often descends into real or psychological hell when he accepts own faults and respopnsibility to return to world may be isolated travelers viewed as microcosm of society |
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the fall
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descent from higher to lower state of being
loss of innocence and bliss often expulsion from paradise as penalty for disobedience |
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death and rebirth
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parallel between cycle of nature and life
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hero
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protagonist with series of well marked adventrues
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young man from the provinces
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raised by strangers and returns to see new problems and solutions
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initiate
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young hero needs training and c eremony often innocent and wears white
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mentor
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teacher or counselor
teaches by example |
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hunting group of companions
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loyal companions willing to face peril together
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hunting group of companions
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loyal companions willing to face peril together
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friendly beast
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befriends the hero and serves loyaly
nature ally to the hero |
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devil figure
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evil incarnate
offers worldly goods fame knowledge for sould |
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friendly beast
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befriends the hero and serves loyaly
nature ally to the hero |
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devil figure
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evil incarnate
offers worldly goods fame knowledge for sould |
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evil figure
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with a good heart
redeemable devil figure |
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scapegoat
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carry the blame/sins of sociey; weak until death
powerful/martyr |
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evil figure
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with a good heart
redeemable devil figure |
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scapegoat
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carry the blame/sins of sociey; weak until death
powerful/martyr |
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outcast
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banished for crime real or imagery
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outcast
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banished for crime real or imagery
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earthmother
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fertility symbol
offers spirtitual and emotional nourishment |
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earthmother
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fertility symbol
offers spirtitual and emotional nourishment |
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temptress
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sensuous beauty
protagonist is physically attracted/downfall |
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temptress
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sensuous beauty
protagonist is physically attracted/downfall |
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plationic
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ideal inspirational and spiritual ideal/itellectual attraction
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plationic
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ideal inspirational and spiritual ideal/itellectual attraction
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amazon warrior
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femalewith fearless sence of honor
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amazon warrior
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femalewith fearless sence of honor
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hunting group of companions
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loyal companions willing to face peril together
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friendly beast
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befriends the hero and serves loyaly
nature ally to the hero |
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devil figure
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evil incarnate
offers worldly goods fame knowledge for sould |
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evil figure
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with a good heart
redeemable devil figure |
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scapegoat
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carry the blame/sins of sociey; weak until death
powerful/martyr |
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outcast
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banished for crime real or imagery
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earthmother
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fertility symbol
offers spirtitual and emotional nourishment |
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temptress
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sensuous beauty
protagonist is physically attracted/downfall |
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plationic
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ideal inspirational and spiritual ideal/itellectual attraction
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amazon warrior
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femalewith fearless sence of honor
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damsel in distress
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vulnerable woman rescued by the hero
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star crossed lovers
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love affair fated to end tragically; disapproval of society friends or family
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creature of nightmare
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monster
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light v. darkness
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hope and renewal vs. unknown and ignorance
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water v. desert
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water and birth vs. alienation , loneliness starvation
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heaven v. hell
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skies and mountaintops/gods vs. bowels of earth/ demons
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haven v. wilderness
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heroes helter/ haven vs. wilderness
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innat wisdom vs. educated stupidity
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instinctive wisdom vs. educated who make poor choices
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fire v. ice
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knowledge, lifht, life and rebirth vs. ignorance, darkness desolation sterility or death
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nature vs. the mechanistic world
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nature/ good vs. technology/ evil
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good vs. evil
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mankind shows optimiism triumphs over evil despite the odds
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supernatural intervention
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supernatural force/ God intervenes (good or evil)
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the unhealable wound
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hero has real/psychological wound (loss of innocence) that wont heal and drives him/her to desperate measures
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the ritual
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ceremonies that initiate experiences - rite of passage to adulthood
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the magic weapon
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can only be wielded to full potential by the hero (resembles the exrodenary quality of the hero)
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mountian
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center of the world-where the lights touch the earth
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forest
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the forbidden and unknown
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ice/snow
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coldness of death
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wind
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surrounds swirls and surround the character
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rain
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brings new life
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fire
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spiritual energy
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water
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everything is good and safe
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white + light
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innocence purity virginity
death terror supernatural and binding truth |
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white
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light innocence purity virginity
death terror supernatural and binding truth |
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black
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knowlege and intelligence
evil melancholy chaos mystery unknow and death |
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yellow
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hope and happiness
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red
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passion love
violence and artistry blood sacrifice and disorder |
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blue
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compromise serentiy truth security and spriitual purity peachmakers
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green
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life rebirth hope fertility
death and decay |
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orange
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hope and passion (red and yellow)
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brown
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unity with the land
earthmothers |
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pruple
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power and royalty
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gold/silver
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weath status and power
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3
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light spiritual awareness and unity (Holy Trinity)
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4
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cicle of life four season earth nature four elements (earth air fire and water)
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7
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most potent
union of three and four completion of cycle and perfect order |
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assonance
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the repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in nonrhyming stressed syllables
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cliches
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A phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought.
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connotation
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1.An idea or feeling that a word invokes for a person in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
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consonance
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2.The recurrence of similar sounds, esp. consonants, in close proximity
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denotation
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1.The literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests.
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sonnet
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A poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line
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tone
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the writer's attitude toward the material
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mood
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the emotions that you feel while you are reading
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voice
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manner in which story is told
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