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| a group of lines forming a unit in a poem (the “paragraph” of poetry) |
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| voice that “talks” to the reader, similar to narrator in fiction. (not the poet) |
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| occurrence of similar/identical sounds at the end of two or more words (head/bed). |
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| restating information in one’s own words |
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| a reference to a famous person, event, place, piece of literature, etc. |
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| the poet’s attitude toward the speaker, reader, subject |
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| repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of a word |
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| a comparison of two things NOT using words like or as; one thing is spoken as though it were something else |
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| a comparison made between two unlike things, using the words like or as |
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| words that describe something in a way that creates pictures or images that appeal to the reader’s five senses (taste, touch, sight, sound, smell) |
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| giving human-like qualities to an inanimate object or non-human being such as an animal |
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| a word that imitates a sound or suggests a meaning of a word. |
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| the moral or lesson of the poem |
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| a sound device in which sounds, words, or phrases are repeated to emphasize a point |
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| the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing. |
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