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Poetry
I hate poetry.
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English
9th Grade
11/19/2009

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Alliteration
Definition
the repitition of initial sounds
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Apstrophe
Definition
a figre of speech in which a writer speaks directly to someone absent or to something nonhuman as if it were present or human
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Consonance
Definition
the repitition of consanant sounds
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Hyperbole
Definition
deliberate exaggeration for emphasis
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Imagery
Definition
Descriptive language which provides details of sight, sounds, taste, touch, smell, or movement to help the reader sense the experience being described
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Irony
Definition
surprising, interesting, or amusig contradictions
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metapohor
Definition
comparson not using life or as
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mood
Definition
the feeling or atmosphere that the reader percieves
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Onomatopoeia
Definition
words that name a sound
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personification
Definition
nonhuman given human qualities
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repetition
Definition
use one element more than once.
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rhyme
Definition
the repitition of sounds at the end of a word
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rhythm
Definition
the pattern of beats or stresses
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simile
Definition
comparason using like or as
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speaker
Definition
imaginary voice spoken by the speaker
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tone
Definition
the writers atitude toward the readers and toward the subject
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meter
Definition
the recurrence of a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllabels
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rhyme scheme
Definition
sequence of rhymes
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stanza
Definition
grouping of two or more lines in a poem in a form
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"NARRATIVE"
Definition
tells a story
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"DRAMATIC"
Definition
one or more characters speak
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"LYRIC"
Definition
highly musical, expresses observations, feelings of a single speaker.
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"BALLAD"
Definition
songlike poem that tells a story
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"EPIC"
Definition
long poem that exploits the heros or gods
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"ODE"
Definition
poetry to praise a person, animal, or thing
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-haiku-
Definition
three line japanese, 1st and 3rd have 5, the 2nd has 7
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Concrete
Definition
poetry arranged to shape the object of the poem
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Sonnet
Definition
lyric poem of fourteen lines with a set rhyme scheme.
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-Free Verse-
Definition
peotry without any fancystuff
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Exposition
Definition
the conflict presented,

-orphan
-Reed's
-Gateshead
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Conflict (Internal, Externa [person vs. person| |person vs. nature| |person vs. fate| |person vs. society] Jane Eyre
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EXPLAIN
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rising action
Definition
conflict presented, leads to climax
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Climax
Definition
the most drama. "turning" point of the story
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falling action
Definition
after climax, the small events
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resolution, dénouement
Definition
sums up the end
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Theme
Definition
"what is this story about?"
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symbol
Definition
represents something
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figurative language
Definition
exaggeration
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allusion
Definition
reference to another book in a story
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characterization
Definition
describes the distinctive nature of a .....
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foreshadow
Definition
indication or warning of something
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point of view (first)
Definition
opinion, standpoint
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tone
Definition
general expression toward the character
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setting
Definition
the time and place that a story unfolds
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gothic nocel
Definition
english nocel,mysteries & horror
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byronic hero
Definition
idealistic but flawed character
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cuplet
turcet
quatrain
sestet
octet
Definition
2, 3, 4, 6, 8
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