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17
English
Pre-School
12/16/2012

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Hyperbole
Definition
an exaggeration
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onomatopoeia
Definition
the use of words to imitate the sounds they describe
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conceit
Definition
an elaborate or unusual comparison
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style
Definition
the way an author chooses words arranges them in sentences and develops ideas
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dramatic irony
Definition
a character speaks in ignorance of a situation or event known to the audience
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free verse
Definition
poetry without a regular pattern of meter or rhyme
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internal rhyme
Definition
a word in the middle of line of poetry will rhyme with a line of poetry at the end of a line
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apostrophe
Definition
an exclamatory passage in a speech or poem addressed to a person or thing
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couplet
Definition
a pair of rhymed that may or may not constitute a separate stanza in a poem
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tercet
Definition
a three lined stanza
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quatrain
Definition
a four lined stanza
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diction
Definition
the selection of words in a literary work
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dramatic monologue
Definition
a poem in the form of speech or narrative in which the speaker reveals aspects of the character while described a particular situation
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pathetic fallacy
Definition
the endowment of nature, inatimate objects with human traits and feelings
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tone
Definition
the implied attitude of a writer
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foil
Definition
a character who contrasts and parallels the main character in a play or story
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allegory
Definition
a symbolic narrative with a secondary meaning
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