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The primary, literal or explicit meaning of a word, phrase or symbol
ex:Heart-the denotated form would be the actual organ but taken in another context it could be like feelings
ex:Sweater- denotes a pullover cardigan but connotates a feeling of security |
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Words spoken to an imaginary or absent person
ex: talking to nature, the sun, darkness |
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Extravagent Exaggeration
ex:"I think of you a million times a day"
"I'm so hungry i could eat a horse" |
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use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
ex:"around the rock the ragged rascal ran"
"fine feathered friends" |
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the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas
ex:Time never waits for anyone; The TV sprang to life |
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using words that imitate the sound they denote
ex:Chatter, Zoinks, Fizz |
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a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or `as')
ex:happy as a clam, free as a bird |
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the rhyming of words at the ends of lines of poetry.
ex:The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep,
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unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter)
ex: the work of william shakespear |
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A unit of a poem, written or printed as a paragraph; equivalent to a verse
ex:Blah, blah, blah
Blah, blah, blah
Blah, blah, blah
Blah, blah, blah
Blah, blah, blah
Blah, blah, blah |
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a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity
ex:school = jail |
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something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible
ex:the bald eagle is a symbol of the U.S.
Red octogon is the symbol for stop |
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a figure of speech that says less than is intended
ex:"It's just a flesh wound."(Monty Python) |
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a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme
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One who speaks
ex: Obama; Ms.Chavez
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Refering to literature, historical events/people
ex:The Odyssey somehow refers to literature according to Mrs. Russ |
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A meaning of a word or phrase that is suggested or implied(opposite of literal meaning)
Ex:Heart, sweater(see denotation) |
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rhyme that is imperfect
ex:rhyming body with bloody |
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a stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse; usually rhymed
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Whether or not we find what we are seeking is idle, biologically speaking. |
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the quality of a person's voice
ex:author could be feeling grateful, sad, upset towards topic |
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Narrative poetry is poetry that tells a story
ex:The Odyssey |
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