Archetype test, Poetry terms, writing terms, literary terms – Flashcards
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Archetypes
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a recurring pattern of character, symbol, and situation
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3 types of archetypes
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character, symbolic, situational
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5 characteristics of archetypes
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universal, recurring, not knowable, connects us to our past, characteristics
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Water/Desert
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symbolic
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Quest
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situational
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Circle of Life
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symbolic
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Battle between good and evil
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situational
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Light/darkness
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symbolic
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Mentor
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helps guide the main character throughout the story
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Describe the fall
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goes from a higher to lower level
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5 characteristics of a hero
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romantic, tragic, comic, epic, flaw
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How do morning & spring represent in the death/rebirth archetype?
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morning/spring-birth, rebirth
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The Initiation
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situational archetypes
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The hero
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character archetypes
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heaven-hell
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symbolic
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the task
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situational
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the mentors
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character
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Supernatural intervention
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symbolic
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the journey
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situational
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father-son conflict
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character
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evil figure vs good heart
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character
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Haven vs wilderness
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symbolic
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the scapegoat
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character
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battle between good and evil
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situational a.
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fire vs ice
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symbolic
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the woman figure
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character
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natural vs mechanical world
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situational
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loyal retainers
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character
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innate wisdom vs educational stupidity
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symbolic
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the hunting group of companions
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character
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the ritual
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situational
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the un-healable wound
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situational
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the young man from the provinces
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character
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supernatural intervention
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symbolic
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the circle of life
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symbolic
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the outcast
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character
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the initiates
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character
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the mentor-pupil relationship
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character
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The devil figure
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character
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the creature of nightmare
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character
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magic weapon
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symbolic
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alliteration
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repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words---She sells seashells...
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allusion
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reference to another person, place or literary work
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aphorism
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a pithy saying that holds truth--if it ain't broke, don't fix it
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analogy
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comparison between unlike things
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archetype
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patterns of symbol, character, and situation found in lterature
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characterization
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means by which a writer reveals characters
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connotation
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emotional meaning of a word
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dialect
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regional forms of language
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diction
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writer's choice of words
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figurative language
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writing not meant to be taken literally
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flashback
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an interruption in plot to relate an earlier event
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foreshadowing
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use of clues to suggest future events
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hyperbole
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deliberate exaggeration
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imagery
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language that appeals to the 5 senses
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metaphor
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a comparison without using like or as
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motif
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a recurring theme, subject or idea
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onomatopoeia
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the use of words that imitate sounds
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oxymoron
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a figure of speech consisting of two apparently contradictory terms
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personification
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attributing human characteristics to nonhuman objects
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point of view
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perspective from which a story is told
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pun
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play on words
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rhetorical shift
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a change in tone or attitude
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setting
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time and place of action
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simile
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comparison using like or as
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symbol
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something that represents something else
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denotation
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dictionary definition of a word
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mood
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feeling created by the author
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suspense
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feeling of curiosity or uncertainty
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theme
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central message of a work
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tone
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writer's attitude toward the subject
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essay
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multi-paragraph paper that expresses an opinion
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concluding paragraph
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restates the thesis in a different way, gives the paper purpose
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thesis
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states the purpose of the paper
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introduction
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first paragraph that includes the thesis
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topic sentence
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states the purpose of a paragraph
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concluding sentence
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last sentence that acts as a transition, mostly opinion
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body paragraph
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develops the support for the thesis
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pre-writing
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organizing examples and support for position
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concrete detail
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sentence that offers facts, examples, and details
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commentary
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sentence that is opinion, insight, and analysis
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speaker
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the narrator of a poem
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line
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a group of words on one line of a poem
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stanza
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a group of lines arranged together
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couplet
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a two line stanza
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rhythm
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can be created by meter, rhyme, alliteration and refrain
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meter
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a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
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Free Verse Poetry
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no repeating patterns of syllables, no rhyme, conversational, modern
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end rhyme
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a word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line
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internal rhyme
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a word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line
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approximate rhyme
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imperfect rhyme, close rhyme, near rhyme
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rhyme scheme
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a pattern of rhyme (usually end rhyme, but not always); this pattern is shown with letters
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onomatopoeia
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words that imitate the sound they name
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alliteration
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consonant sounds repeated at the beginnings of words
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consonance
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a type of alliteration in which the repeated consonant sounds are anywhere in the words
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assonance
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a type of alliteration in which repeated vowel sounds are in a line or lines of poetry
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refrain
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a sound, word, phrase or line repeated regularly in a poem
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simile
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a comparison of two things using like, as, than, or resembles
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metaphor
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a direct comparison of two unlike things
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extended metaphor
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a metaphor that goes several lines or possibly the entire length of the work
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implied metaphor
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a comparison is hinted at but not clearly stated
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hyperbole
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exageration often used for emphasis
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litotes
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understatement for effect
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idiom
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an expression in which the literal meaning of the words is not the meaning of the expression
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personification
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an object, something natural, or an animal is given life-like qualities
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symbolism
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a person, place, thing, or event that has meaning in itself also represents something else
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allusion
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a reference in a literary work to something famous
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imagery
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language that appeals to the senses
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lyric poem
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a short poem in first person point of view that expresses an emotion, idea, or describes a scene
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ballad
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a song or songlike poem that rhymes
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Shakespearean Sonnet
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a fourteen line poem with a specific rhyme scheme
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narrative poem
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a poem that tells a story
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concrete poem
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a poem in which the words are arranged to create a picture that relates to the content of the poem
