Literature vocab #1

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Line

Single row in a poem

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Stanza

A group of rows in poem

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Antecedent

Something coming before another thing literally or logically preceding it. 

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Meter

Rhythmic structure in a poem going between multiple lines. 

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Rhyme

Repetition of similar sounding words that span multiple lines.

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Figurative meaning

A meaning that is different from what the sentence literally says.

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Personification

Giving human like traits to things that are not living.

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Allusion

A hidden meaning that is hinting at something that is well known

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Syntax

Arrangement of words/phrases to make a well rounded sentence.

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Omit

To leave something out.

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Omniscient

Someone (usually a third person narrator) knowing everything.

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Simile

A comparison of two things using the words like/as.

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Metaphor

Saying one thing means another. The world is a stage. 

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Alliteration

A repetition of a consonant in a series of repeating words.

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