Poetry unit Flashcards

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1
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step 1

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title at a glance

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step 2

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speaker and subject

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step 3

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paraphrase and reword

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step 4

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determine the purpose

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step 5

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diction

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step 6

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fig lang

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step 7

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structure and form

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step 8

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tone and shift

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9
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step 9

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theme

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10
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lyric poem

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sonnet or ode that expresses thoughts and feelings

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narrative poem

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tells a story often with narrator and characters

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12
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speaker

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voice in the poem

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13
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enjambment

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continuation in a sentence after the line ends

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14
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caesura

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line end with punctuation

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15
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metaphor

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comparison of two unlike things

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16
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simile

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comparison of two unlike things with like or as

17
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conceit

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fancy elaborate metaphor

18
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metonymy

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substituting a name of an attribute for the thing it meant for

19
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synecdoche

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a part of something that represent the whole thing; wheels - car

20
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litotes

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ironic understandment

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