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Zeanah Poetry Vocab
| word | definition |
|---|---|
| dramatic monologue | a poem or speech in which a character addresses a silent listener |
| insidious | secretely treacherous |
| digress | depart temporarily from the main subjects |
| malingers | pretends to be ill |
| meticulous | extremely careful about details |
| obtuse | slow to understand or perceive |
| voluminous | of enough material to fill volumes |
| dogma | authoritative doctrines or beliefs |
| apparation | act of appearing or becoming visible |
| satire | author uses humor to ridicule or criticise |
| tone | reveals a writers attitude |
| mood | reader's attitude |
| simile | comparison between two different things using like or as |
| suffice | be adequate, meet the needs of |
| insatiable | constantly wanting more |
| slovenly | untidy |
| dominion | power to rule |
| palpable | able to be touched or handled |
| derivative | not original; based on something else |
| literalists | those who take words at their exact meaning |
| anecdote | reveals a moral |
| allusion | reference |