The End and the Beginning

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Parallelism

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Similar structure in writing, often used to create rhythm or emphasize a point.

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Lyric poem

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A poem where the speaker expresses his/her personal ideas or feelings.

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Tone

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The author's attitude toward a subject, conveyed through word choice and style.

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Diction

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The writer's choice of words, which affects the tone and meaning of the text.

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Denotation

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The dictionary definition of a word, its literal meaning.

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Connotation

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The ideas or feelings that a word invokes in addition to its literal meaning.

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Imagery

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Descriptive language that creates sensory experiences for the reader.

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Theme

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The central idea or message conveyed in a literary work.

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Metaphor

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

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Simile

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A figure of speech that compares two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.