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Flash cards for Mrs. Pruden
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11th Grade
03/04/2013

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Term
Thesis
Definition
The Main idea of a work of nonfiction.
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Simile
Definition
Uses like or as to compare two objects
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Metaphore
Definition
A figure of speach that makes comparison between two seemingly unlike things.
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Ode
Definition
A long, serious lyre poem that is elevated in tone and style.
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Apostrophe
Definition
A literary device in which a speaker talks directly to an inanimate object, or an abstract quality, such as love.
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Ballad
Definition
A short, musical narritive poem that in most cases recounts, a single episode.
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Romantic
Definition
writers who focus on nature and the individual and the human heart.
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Gothic
Definition
A gloomy, foreboading setting.
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