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15 Cards in this Set
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Simile
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a figure of speech that compares two similar things using the words like or as
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Hyberbole
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A deliberate exaggeration or overstatement
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Conflict
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a struggle between opposing forces
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Metaphor
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a figure of speech that compares two similar things without using the words like or as
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Iambic Pentameter
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A rhythmical pattern in poetry consisting of five sets of a stressed followed by an unstressed syllable
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foil
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a character that contrasts another
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blank verse
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poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
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internal conflict
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an struggle within oneself
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assonance
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the repetition of vowel sounds in stressed syllables
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personification
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giving an object human characteristics
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tone
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the writer's attitude toward the readers and subject
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characterization
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the act of creating and developing a character
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alliteration
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the repetition of initial consonant sounds
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theme
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central idea, concern, or purpose in a literary work
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free verse
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poetry not written in a meter
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