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11 Cards in this Set

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speaker (in a poem)
the voice that is talking to us in a poem
extended metaphor
used often in poems, it can be serveral lines
dialect
way of speaking that is characteristic of a particular region or group of people
connotation
all the meanings, associations, or emotions that a word suggests
denotation
literal meaning
aphorism
a brief wise saying
indirect characterization
we have to put clues together to figure out what a character is like, just as we do in real life when we are getting to know someone
direct characterization
the writer tells us directly what the characte is like.
dramatic monologue
a character gives a dramatic speach to a group of actors on a stage
free verse
using no regular meter or rhyme scheme
blank verse
poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter