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6727735132first person-"I" and "Me" standpoint -Personal perspective.0
6727735133first person omniscienta voice that uses "i" and knows the thoughts of the other characters; rare1
6727735134satirical-mocking, -criticizing through ridicule2
6727737439free verse- no rhyme scheme - no meter3
6727738826blank verse- no rhyme scheme - definite meter (usually iambic pentameter)4
6727737440heroic versea verse form suited to the treatment of heroic or elevated themes5
6727737442balladThe ballad is a poem that is typically arranged in quatrains with the rhyme scheme ABAB. Ballads are usually narrative, which means they tell a story. (songs today)6
6727738827italian sonnet- a sonnet composed of an octave (an eight line unit) rhyming abbaabba, and a sestet (six line unit) often rhyming ceded or cdcdcd - couplet DOESN'T rhyme!!! 9how to indicate v shakespearean)7
6727740583grandiloquentlyExtravagantly (Adj)8
6727740584euphemisticallyUsing a mild or vague expression that substitutes for a harsher one9
6727742436pedanticallyadj. academically, precisely10
6727744414benevolencen. Kindness11
6728789704sestinaa poem with six stanzas of six lines and a final triplet, all stanzas having the same six words at the line-ends in six different sequences that follow a fixed pattern, and with all six words appearing in the closing three-line envoi12
6728805353villanelleA 19 line form using only two rhymes and repeating two of the lines according to a set pattern13
6728817142elegya poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead.14
6728832684Objective Point of View- writer tells what happens without stating more than can be inferred from the story's action and dialogue. - The narrator never discloses anything about what the characters think or feel, remaining a detached observer.15
6728836535Omniscient Points of ViewA narrator who knows everything about all the characters is all knowing, or omniscient.16
6728839386Limited Points of ViewA narrator whose knowledge is limited to one character, either major or minor, has a limited omniscient point of view.17
6728843841shakespearean sonneta sonnet consisting three quatrains and a concluding couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme pattern abab cdcd efef gg18
6728910463terza rimaa verse form with a rhyme scheme: aba bcb cdc, etc.19
6728910464versewriting arranged with a metrical rhythm, typically having a rhyme20

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