american Romanticism
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morales-dora32 on January 27, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 author's purpose | the author's intent in writing a piece of literature |
| personification | a figure of speech in which an object or animal displays human traits |
| tone | an author's attitude toward his or her subject matter, as conveyed through word choice, punctuation, sentence structure, and figures of speech |
| satire | Writing that uses humor or wit to ridicule the vices or follies of people or societies. The purpose may be to bring about change or to entertain. |
| symbol | A person, object, image, word, or event that evokes a range of additional meaning beyond and usually more abstract than its literal significance. |
| alliteration | The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of non-rhyming words or syllables in neighboring words. Example: towering, trees |
| onomatopoeia | The use of a word or phrase that imitates or suggests the sounds of what it describes. Examples: hiss, crack, swish, buzz |
| stanza | A group of lines that forms a unit in poem, similar to a paragraph. |
| rhyme scheme | The pattern of rhyme formed by the end rhyme in a stanza or poem. A common rhyme scheme is abab such as in 4 line stanza. |
| internal rhyme | Rhyme that occurs within a single line of poetry. Internal rhyme is used to convey meaning to invoke mood or to create a musical effect. |
| eye rhyme | Occurs when words are spelled similarly but sound differently, such as some and dome. |
| narrative poem | Poetry that tells a story, including ballads and epics. Example: "The Raven" is an example. |
| Point of view | The vantage point from which the writer tells the story. |
| First person | The narrator is a character in the story, using pronouns such as "I" or "me" |
| Third Person limited | An unknown narrator who is not a character in the story. The narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character. |
| Third-person omniscient | A narrator who is "all-knowing" and tells the thoughts and feelings of all the characters in the story. |
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