The Flight Of Icarus/icarus's Flight Vocab. Flashcards

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A message about life or human nature in a literacy text

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Theme

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2
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To keep within a certain limit

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Moderate

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3
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The strength and courage someone has

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Prowess

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4
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To do something quickly and nervous

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Frantic

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5
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An uneasy worried feeling

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Anxiety

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6
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A word part that appears at the end of a word or root

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Suffix

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7
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A type if literatures in which the words are carefully chosen and arranged to create certain effects

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Poetry

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8
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Main unit of all poems

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Line

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9
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The repeated pattern of rhythm in a poem

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Meter

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10
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A traditional story that attempts to answer basic questions about human nature or the natural world

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Myth

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11
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A word that modifies,or describes,a noun or pronoun

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Adjective

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12
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The way in which the words and lines arranged on the page of a poem

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Form

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13
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The groups of two or more lines that form a unit in a poem

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Stanzas

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14
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The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

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Alliteration

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15
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The pattern of sounds similar to beats in music

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Rhythm

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