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| story that represents a bigger idea/ principle |
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| dictionary definition of a word |
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| compares 2 things using like or as |
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| difference between whats expected and what actually happens |
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| method in which an author describes or reveals a character |
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| reference to another well known person, character, or work of literature |
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| compares 2 things w/out using like or as |
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| descriptive language used to paint a picture in readers mind |
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| emotional connections to a word |
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| describing non human objects as if they were human |
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| object stands for something else (bigger idea) |
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| obvious&intentional exaderation |
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| same begginning sound over and over again |
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| language not meant to be taken literally |
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| poetic form that abandons rhyme and meter |
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| doubleness or inconclusiveness of meaning |
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| used in the first two stanzas of "Oh Captain! My Captain!" |
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| a reoccurring theme or idea |
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| original pattern or model from which all things are copied; a familiar form that is easily recognized, it may even seem "cliche" |
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| a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth. |
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| the formation of a word, as cuckoo or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent. |
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| a prevailing emotional tone or general attitude |
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| to show or indicate before hand |
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| something used for or regarded as representing something else; a material object representing something |
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| to state or represent less strongly or strikingly than the facts would bear out; set forth in restrained, moderate, or weak terms: |
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| the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc. |
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resemblance of sounds.
partial agreement or resemblance |
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| poems that are written for a special event |
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| the coexistence of conflicting feelings or attitudes of an author or text |
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| a poem expressing lament or mourning |
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| moves from mourning and sorrow to acceptance |
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