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| repetition of same or similar consonant sounds |
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| reference to a statement, person, place, or event |
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| when words have same letters but dont rhyme |
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| repetition of similar vowel sounds |
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| a song that tells a story |
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| meaning or feelings associations that are attached to words |
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| repetition of the same consonant two or more times in short succession, as in "pitter patter" or in "all mammals named Sam are clammy". |
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| 2 consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme |
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| "dictionary definition" of a term, devoid of emotion, attitude, and color. |
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| language used to create a special effect or feeling |
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| comparison of two unlike things using like or as |
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| a comparison of two unlike things in which no word of comparison is used |
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| metaphor that is extended or developed over several lines |
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| literary device in which the author speaks of or describes an animal, object, or idea as if it were a person |
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| poetry with no patternes rhyme or meter |
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| japanese poem, 3 lines, 17 syllables (5,7,5) |
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| exaggeration or overstatement |
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| metrical foot or unit of measurement |
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| lines of poetry containing 5 Iambs |
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| the use of words to create a certain picture in the readers mind |
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| pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables |
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| words that sound the same as they are; like boom |
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| type of rhythmic language |
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| vantage point from where the story is told |
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| a stanza or poem of 4 lines |
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| the repeating of certain words or phrases for effect |
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| repetition of accented vowel sounds |
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| way in which different lines rhyme |
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| musical quality in language |
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| 14 line poem usually written in iambic pentameter |
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| voice that is talking in the poem |
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| group of consecutive lines in a poem |
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| person/place/thing/event that represents something else |
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| central idea of a piece of literature |
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| overall feeling, or effect, created by a writer's use of words. |
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| the feeling a text arouses in the reader |
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| a story in which people, things, and actions represent an idea or a generalization about life |
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| the problem or struggle in a story that triggers the action |
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| an author's choice of words based on their correctness, clearness, and effectiveness |
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| returning to an earlier time for the purpose making something in the present more clear |
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| the reader or audience sees a character's mistakes, but the character does not |
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| the writer says one thing and means the other |
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| there is a great difference between the purpose of a particular action and the result |
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| the time and place in which the action of a literary work occurs |
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| the action or sequence of events in a story |
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| the main character or hero of the story |
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| literary device used to create a special effect or feeling by making some type of interesting or creative comparison |
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| a way of emphasizing an idea by yalking about it in a restrained manner |
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| a characters words spoken to the audience and supposedly not heard by the other characters on stage |
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| a conversation between two or more characters |
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| an exaggerated comedy based on highly unlikely situations |
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| character speaks to himself to reveal inner thoughts |
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| the central character in a tragedy |
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