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TC Poetry

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The way a poem looks on the page, its shape.   Form  
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The repeating of sounds, words, phrases, or lines for an effect.   Repetition  
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Group of lines arranged together, similar to the paragraph in prose.   Stanza  
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The beat of a poem, made of patterns of accented and un-accented syllables.   Rhythm or meter  
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Repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of words.   Alliteration  
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Includes mental pictures that words put into a reader's mind. It is also reference to the five senses created by language - touch, smell, sounds, etc.   Imagery  
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When a writer gives human qualities to nonhumans and objects.   Personification  
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The author's attitude toward the subject or her reader.   Tone  
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An extreme over-exaggeration.   Hyperbole  
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What makes a work of literature, or any art work, a classic?   Universal, timeless themes  
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Not what is said by an author but HOW it's said.   Style  
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A small world that represents a larger one.   Microcosm  
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A reference to something or someone famous.   Allusion  
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When an author says one thing but means another.   Verbal irony  
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A twist from what's expected to something else (usually there's a deep meaning behind this twist)   Situational irony  
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When the audience knows something a character does not know.   Dramatic irony  
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In ancient Greek drama, when tragic events would occur, some thought the gods were playing tricks on them for their own amusement.   Cosmic irony  
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Of what are these examples? Good vs. evil, heroism vs. cowardice, undying love, rags to riches.   Universal themes  
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