Unit 3: Lesson 4

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  1. free verse
    poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter
  2. form
    an arrangement of the elements in a composition or discourse
  3. structure
    the building of something and the arrangement of its parts
  4. meter
    a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in verse
  5. line
    a row of text written across a page or computer screen
  6. stanza
    a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem
  7. figurative
    not literal
  8. personification
    representing an abstract quality or idea as a human
  9. simile
    a figure of speech expressing a resemblance between things
  10. metaphor
    a figure of speech that suggests a non-literal similarity
  11. historical
    belonging to the past
  12. setting
    the context and environment in which something is situated
  13. mood
    a characteristic state of feeling
  14. pronoun
    a function word that is used in place of a noun
  15. personal pronoun
    a pronoun expressing a distinction of person
  16. context
    discourse that surrounds and helps explain a word or passage
  17. genre
    a kind of literary or artistic work
  18. theme
    a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary work
  19. infer
    solve by guessing
  20. plagiarism
    taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own
  21. citation
    a short note recognizing a source of information
  22. fortitude
    strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity
  23. endure
    continue to live through hardship or adversity
  24. horizon
    the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet
  25. angular
    having straight lines and sharp points or corners
  26. focus
    direct one's attention on something
Created on Mon Sep 14 16:08:24 EDT 2020 (updated Wed Sep 16 11:27:41 EDT 2020)

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