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simile

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a comparison of two things using the words like or as

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metaphor

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a comparison without using like or as

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hyperbole

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an exaggeration for effect

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personification

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object or animal is given feelings or thoughts

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onomatopoeia

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a word that imitates the sound it represents

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symbol

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something that stands for something else

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theme

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the message of the story

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alliteration

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repetition of initial consonant sounds

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repetion

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repeated use of words

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rythm

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the beat a poem makes by the words

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connotation

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an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addititon to its literal meaning

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stanza

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a group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse

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tone

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attitude a writter takes tworad the audience

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mood

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feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates

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verbal irony

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the expresion of ones meaning by using langauge that normally means the oppisite

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pov

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the perspective in which the story is told

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assonance

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repition of vowel sounds

18
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free verse

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no ryhme sceme

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sonnet

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a poem of 14 lines using any number of formal rhyme schemes in english having 10 syllables per line

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ballad

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a narritive poem writtin in 4 line stanzas charecterized by swift action and narrarated in a direct style