M-R Flashcards
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Metaphor
A
a figure of speech that compare 2 things to another by saying that it is the other.
2
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Meter
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a regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that define the rhythm of poetry.
3
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Mood
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the array of feelings that a work evokes in the reader.
4
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Onomatopoeia
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when the words represent the actual sound of the thing they refer to or describe.
5
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Oxymoron
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when 2 contradictory words are paired to make a point.
6
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Personification
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when inanimate objects are given human like qualities.
7
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Protagonist
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the main character.
8
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Antagonist
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the villain of the story.
9
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Quatrain
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a stanza of 4 lines in poetry.
10
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Repetition
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repeating.
11
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Rhetorical question
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a question that is asked for a reason other that to get an answer.
12
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Rhyme
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repetitions in similar sounds between 2 or more words.
