lit and poetic terms
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figurative language
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language that uses figures of speech
- imagery
- Poets use of words to create mental pictures appealing to one of the five senses
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lyric poetry
- expresses a strong emotional response towards its subject; uses a highly musical verse
- metaphor
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a comparison saying something is something else
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mood
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feeling that a poem creates
- personification
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giving human characteristics to nonhuman objects
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sensory words
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words that appeal to the senses
- simile
- comparison using like or as to show how something is similar
- tone
- attitude that a poet takes toward his or her subject and readers
- word choice
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words chosen to select the point the poet wants to make