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| a work in which a person and/or place represent real life, but are not real life (the text operates on a literal and an figurative level) |
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| repeated sounds, anywhere in the words, in either prose or poetry |
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| reference to outside text or idea |
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| susceptibility to multiple interpretations |
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| comparison between two pairs (w:x :: y:z) |
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| addressing someone or something invisible or not often spoken to |
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| a poem that tells a story, often sung |
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| an audible pause in verse, often marked by punctuation like a comma, semicolon, dash, etc. |
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| a characteristic expression or comparison that reflects habits of thought and perception, often an extended or continually used metaphor or phrase |
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| alliteration on consonants |
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| a rhymed pair of lines that stand alone in terms of meaning |
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| word choice; what language is employed for the intended purpose |
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| a mournful poem or song, often for the dead |
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| a short poem or text, often at the beginning of a longer text |
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| words that look like they rhyme, but that do not (eg. love and prove) |
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| ny non-literal text (eg. simile, metaphor) |
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| poetry with preexisting rules and conventions (eg. sonnet) |
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| poetry without a preexisting fixed form |
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