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7-Reading-OutoftheDust-PoetryTermsandCharactersQuiz Flashcards

1
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Stanza

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Formal division of lines in a poem

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Free Verse

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Poetry not written in a regular rhythmical pattern or meter

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Imagery

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Words or phrases that appeal to the senses and/or create a picture in the reader’s mind

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Simile

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Uses like or as to compare two unlike items

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Metaphor

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Something that is described as though it is something else

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Alliteration

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Repetition of initial identical consonant sounds or vowel sounds in successive or closely related syllables

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Anaphora

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Repetition of the same expression at the beginning of two+ lines

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personification

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when a non-human subject is given human characteristics

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symbol

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something that is itself and also stands for something else

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Billie Jo Kelby

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protagonist; about 13 years old

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Bayard Kelby (Daddy)

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Billie Jo’s Dad

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Polly Kelby (Ma)

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Billie Jo’s Mom

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Mr. Noble and Mr. Romney

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men who take part in rabbit drives

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Livie Killian

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Billie Jo’s friend who moved to California

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Arley Wanderdale

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teaches music; invited Billie Jo to play music

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Mad Dog Craddock

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Billie Jo’s musical rival, a singing ploughboy

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Mr. Hardly

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runs a general store; not honest about money

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Joe de la Flor

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farmer with skinny cows

19
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Miss Freeland

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Billie Jo’s teacher

20
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Vera Wanderdale

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Arley’s Wife

21
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Elzire Dione

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Mother of the first Quintuplets to live past infancy

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Doc Rice

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Doctor- Treated Ma and Billie Jo

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Aunt Ellis

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Billie Jo’s Dad’s sister, lives in Lubbock, Texas

24
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Franklin

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Billie Jo’s dead baby brother

25
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Coach Albright

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Basketball Coach

26
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Haydon P. Nye

Don’t do yet

A

g

27
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Pete Guymon

Don’t do yet

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g

28
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Calb Hardly

Don’t do yet

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g

29
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Louise

Don’t do yet

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g

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