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Simile

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A metaphor w/ like or as

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Metaphor

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Comparison of 2 unlike objects

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Personification

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Animals, plants, elements, elements of nature, and abstract ideas are given human characteristics

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Irony

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The use of words with an implication opposite their usual meaning

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Alliteration

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The repetition of the same sound, usually at the start of a word

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Assonance

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The repetition of vowel sounds in a line of poetry

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Consonance

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The repetition of consonant sounds in a line of poetry

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Couplet

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A pair of verse lines that rhyme

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Rhyme scheme

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The pattern of regular endline sound pulses

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Meter

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The rhythm of poetry

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Litotes + hyberbole

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A positive statement made by denying something

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Metonymy

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A figure of speech in which a word commonly associated with another word is used to describe the object

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Synecdoche

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A figure of speech in which part of something is used for the whole thing(head of cattle)

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Sonnet

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A lyric poem of 14 lines that follows a definite rhyme scheme

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Ode

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A long lyric poem that addresses a serious topic

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Allusion

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An indirect reference to someone else’s words

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Oxymoron

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Bringing two opposite words together in a compact and paradoxical way

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Apstrophe

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A figure of speech which rhetorically addresses someone or something that cannot respond

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Class beatitude

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Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven

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Novel

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An extended fictional rose narrative

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Short story

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A relatively brief prose fictional narrative that can usually be read in one sitting

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Prose

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All forms of written or spoken expression which do not have a regular rhythmic pattern.

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Plot

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A planned series of interrelated actions progressing, because of the interplay of one force upon another, through a struggle of opposing forces to a climax and a conclusion

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Protagonist

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The main character in a story

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Antagonist

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The force opposing the protagonist

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Setting

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The time and place in which a story occurs

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Point of View

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The manner that the author chooses to present the material of the story

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Climax

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The part of a story at which a crisis is reached and a resolution achieved

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Foreshadowing

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The technique of arranging events and information in such a way that later events are prepared for beforehand

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Anachronism

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Something placed in an inappropriate period of time

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Canon

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A body of writings estsblished as authentic

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Elegy

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A dignified poem mourning the death of an individual

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Flashback

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A scene inserted into a story showing events which happened at an earlier time

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Satire

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The ridicule of any subject to lower it in the reader’s esteem and make it laughable for the purpose of reform

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Parody

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A work which ridicules a serious literary work by applying the style to an inappropriate or trivial subject.

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2nd grade poem

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Trucks go east
Trucks go west
Of all the cars
I like trucks the best!

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Robert Frost

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1874-1963

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5 characteristics of poetry

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1. Rhythm
2. Appeals to the senses
3. Figurative language
4. Point to get across/ theme
5. Appeals to emotions

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Poetry is?

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Indefinable yet unmistakeable

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Joseph Campbell

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1904-1987

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4 functions of Myth

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1. Myths ease our way into the tremendous mystery of the world, making it easier to understand.
2. Myths give us a cohesive worldview in which all things fit together.
3. Myths support a moral order, telling us why some things are wrong and others right.
4. Myths help the individual to understand his role in the world as a human.

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Myth

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Anonymous stories that have their roots in the primitive beliefs of orces or nations and prsent supernatural episodes as a means of interpreting natural events in an effort to make concrte and particular a special perception of man or a cosmic view.

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Carl Jung

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1875-1961

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Archetype

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An image, a descriptive detail, a plot pattern, or a character type that occurs frequently in literature, myth, religion, or folklore, and is therefore believed to evoke profound emotions in the reader because it awakens a primordial image in his unconscious memory, and thus calls into play illogical but powerfully resonating responses.

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Loren Eiseley

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1907-1977

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William Wordsworth

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1770-1850

The world is too much with us

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Epizeuxis

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The repetition of the same word or phrase for vehemence or emphasis

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D H Lawrence

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1885-1930

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First 2 Archetypes

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Creation Story/Golden Place

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