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Voc.for ELA 2012
Question | Answer |
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Poetry | A kind of rhythmic, compressed language that uses figures of speech and images that appeal to emotion and imagination. |
Prose | Writing that isn't poetry.Prose is generally divided into fiction-made up stories- and nonfiction, which relates facts about real people,places,things,and events. |
Short Stories | Short works of fiction,which can generally be read in on sitting. |
Vignettes | Short short stories. Vignettes are short sketches that are often no longer than a page. |
Conflict | Struggle between opposing forces. |
Stanzas | Group of lines in a poem. |
Figure of speech | comparing two unlike things. |
Meter | Regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables. |
Free Verse | Porety that does not have a regular meter, or pattern of stressed and unstressed. |