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Anne Badstreet
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13
English
11th Grade
10/17/2011

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Couplet
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Two consecutive, paired lines of rhymed verse
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Poetic Inversion
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reversal of the usual word order for emphasis or rhyme
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Metaphore
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a comparison between two unlike things without using like or as
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Allusion
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a reference to a person, place, or thing the author expects the reader to recognize
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Imagery
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"word pictures" that writers create to evoke an emotional response
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Provoke
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to cause to take action (anger)
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Constitution
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a physical make up of a person
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Inconceivable
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unbelievable
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omnipotent
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all powerful
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abhorto scorn or hate
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Abominable
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lothsum & disgusting
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ascribe
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to attribute to a certain cause
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induce
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to persuade or force
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