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02/07/2005

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alliteration
Definition
a way of musical effects to get attention to certain words
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allusion
Definition
the author recognizes well know objects art or work
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irony
Definition
literary techniques to show actions, or contradictions, or the use of opposite meanings
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onomatopoeia
Definition
words in the presence of sound used for sound
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repetition
Definition
the use, more than once, of any word, sound or object in a sentance
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symbolism
Definition
something that represents something else.
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hyperbole
Definition
exaggeration for effect
or
not taken literally
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metaphor
Definition
something described as though it were somthing else.
or
points out similarity between 2 unlike things
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personifacation
Definition
when a non-human subject is given human characteristics
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ballad
Definition
a song like poem that often deals with adventure & romance.
4 - 66 lines, Rhyths
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blank verse
Definition
poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter lines
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free verse
Definition
poetry not written in regular rhythmical patter. Lines with and # of lines, length or beat
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limerick
Definition
is a humerous rhyming 5 line poem lines 1,5 & 2,3 strong stresses lines 2,3
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lyric poem
Definition
high;y musical verse expresse observations and feeling.
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meter
Definition
rhythmic pattern, pattern determines number of stresse or beat
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beat
Definition
stress that keeps poem going
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foot
Definition
a line with 7 feet is a hexameter, or how you divide up a line of poetry
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iambic
Definition
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penta meter
Definition
written in a foot - 5 feet
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