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poem
english
19
English
Undergraduate 1
02/09/2010

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Diction
Definition
writers choice of words
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poetic diction
Definition
 the use of elevated langauge over ordinary langauge
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Formal Diction

 

Definition
Consists of a diqnified, impression, and elevated use of language
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Middle Diction
Definition
Spoken by most educated people
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Informal Diction
Definition
slang not use by the culture
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dialect
Definition
draw from another Informal Diction
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Jargon

 

Definition
a category of language defined by trade or profession
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Denotations
Definition
literal dictionary meaning of a word
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connatations
Definition
associate and implications that go beyond a word's literal meaning
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Persona
Definition
a speaker created by the poet
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Alliteration
Definition
repeatition of constant sounds
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Assonance
Definition
repetition of vowel sounds
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personal
Definition
speaker of a poem is called a persona
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Ambiguity
Definition

Allows for two or more simutaneous interpreter of a word, phrase, action, or siutinal, all of which can be supported by the contex of a work

 

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syntax
Definition
The ordering of words into maeniful verbal pattern is called
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Dramtic dialouge
Definition
a type of poem in which a character the speaker addresses you silent audience in such away us to level unitenally some aspect of his or her temperant or personality
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sonnet
Definition
14 lines
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English
Definition

shakepreason

3 quotation
1 couplet

14, 2, lines

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italian
Definition

1 octane 8 line

1 set 6 lines

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