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lit terms BJT

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onomatopoeia   a word that is formed by its sound  
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end rhyme   the use of rhyme at the ends of lines of poetry  
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ballad   tells a story in short stanzas  
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alliteration   repetition of letters in word  
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consonance   recurrence of consonants  
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lyric   expressing writers emotions  
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elegy   poem about death  
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ode   a poem meant to be sung  
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sonnet   14 lines  
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petrarchaen sonnet   abbaabba  
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shakespearean sonnet   a sonnet with concluding couplet in iambic pentameter  
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metonymy   A figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated  
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synechdoche   address something as a part of a whole  
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oxymoron   adjective/noun that contradict eachother  
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paradox   sentence that contradicts itself  
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meter   number of beats in a line  
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internal rhyme   a rhyme between words in the same line  
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allusion   reference to another piece of literature  
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epic   long poem illustrating the deeds of a hero  
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haiku   -17 syllables  
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apostrophe   address to an absent or imaginary person  
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hyperbole   exaggeration  
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litotes   understatement  
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refrain   A phrase, verse, or group of verses repeated at intervals throughout a song or poem, especially at the end of each stanza.  
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couplet   two lines in a verse, in the same meter, joined by rhyme  
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free verse   poetry that doesnt follow the rhyme or meter of the rest of the poem  
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SIFFSIST   -speaker-imagery-form-figuritive lang.-symbol-irony-struture-tone  
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CPETSISST   -characterization-POV-event-tone-symbol-impagery-structure-setting-theme  
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diction   choice and use of words in writing  
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syntax   arrangement of words and phrases  
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wry   mocking  
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bantering   playful/teasing remark  
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bemused   confuse  
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simpering   flirty  
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urbane   courteous  
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strident   loud/hard  
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derisive   mocking  
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beseeching   beg/request  
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pedantic   overly concerned  
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conciliatory   compromising  
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pompous   self important  
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fatuous   silly/pointless  
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laconic   style using very few words  
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