| Term | Definition |
|---|
| metaphor | a comparison of two unlike things not using like or as |
| participle | a word that looks like a verb but serves as an adjective |
| free verse | poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme |
| second | "you" is [blank] point of view |
| hyperbole | an exaggeration |
| simile | a comparison of two unlike things using like or as |
| consonance | the repition of consonant sounds that are followed by different consonant sounds |
| diction | word choice |
| assonance | the repition of similar vowel sounds that are followed by different consonant sounds |
| internal rhyme | rhyme that occurs in the middle of the line |
| tone | attitude in writing |
| appositive | word that renames another noun or pronoun with a noun or pronoun |
| sonnet | a 14 line poem |
| onomonopia | use of a word whose sound imitates or suggest its meaning |
| approximate rhyme | when two words have some sound in common but do not rhyme exactly |
| passive | [blank] voice places the subject behind the predicate |
| personification | giving human qualities to non-human things |
| comma | if you begin a sentence with a subordinate clause, always seperate the clause and the independent clase with a [blank] |
| free | langston huges enjoyed writing in [blank] versse |
| allegory | symbolic representation |
| allusion | a reference to a statement, person, place, event, mythology, ect |
| infinitive | to plus a verb |
| denotation | dictionary deffinition |
| oxymoron | contridicting words |
| italics | titles of a book should be in [blank] in order to follow proper MLA format |
| theme | the central idea |
| gerund | a word that ends in ing and serves as a noun |
| rhyme scheme | a regular pattern of rhyme in a poem |
| imagery | language that appeals to the 5 senses |
| alliteration | repitition of consonant sounds found at the beginining of words |
| conotation | the emotion a word conveys |
| Langston Huges | harlem renaissance writer and poet |
| extended metaphor | a metaphor that develops over several lines |
| rhymed couplet | two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme |
| blank verse | poety written in unthymed iambic pentameter |
| thesis | topic sentences should refer to this |
| mood | atmosphere in writing |
| stanza | group of consecutive lines in a poem that form a single unit |
| active | [blank] voice places the subject in front of the predicate |
| first | "i" is [blank] person point of view |
| symbol | a peron place or thing that stands for something more than itself |
| third | type of point of view you should use in a formal essay |
| iamb | a stressed symbol followed by an unstresses symbol |
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