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-telling a story
-beginning, middle, end |
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-giving information
-introduction, body conclusion |
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| before you write questions |
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date
address
salutation
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closing
signature |
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| difference in business letter |
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-prewriting
-writing
-evaluating
-revision
-proofread
-final draft |
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| a type of rhythmic, compressed language that uses figures of speech and imagery to appeal to the reader's emotions and imagination |
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| three major forms of poetry |
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expresses a speaker's emotions or thoughts and does not tell a story.
-short
-imply a strong emotion |
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long narrative poem that relates the great deeds of a larger-than-life hero who embodies the values of a particular society.
-most include myth, legend, folklore, and history
-tone is serious and language is grand
-epic heroes undertake quests to achieve something of tremendous value to themselves and their society. |
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-song like poem that tells a story
-tragic endings
-rhythm and rhyme
-simple language and repetition
-refrain |
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| repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them in words that are close together in a poem |
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| musical quality in language, produced by repetition |
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| a generally regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry. analyzing metrical poem is called scansion. |
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poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
-most important form of poetry |
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| 2 consecutive lines of poetry that form a unit, often emphasized by rhythm or rhyme |
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| use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning. in poetry, reinforces meaning and creates evocative and musical sounds. |
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| point out likenesses or differences. |
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| point out likenesses and differences |
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| give a picture or an account of in words |
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| list events, show developement |
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| give reasons for something being the way it is |
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| demonstrate, illustrate, show |
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| provide examples to support a point. |
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| give the meaning or significance of something. |
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