lit. terms and vocab. for poetry

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Publication year of "Thanatopsis"?

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1817

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Major events in Emily Dickinson's life:

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Emancipation Proclamation & Civil War

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Ad hominem argument:

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attacking an individual's character rather than his or her position on an issue.

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Polysyndeton

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Use of more conjunctions than necessary to make a point.

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Paradox

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an apparently contradictory statement that actually contains some truth.

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Personification

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Endowing non-human objects or creatures with human qualities.

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Syllogism

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A three-part deductive argument based on a major and a minor premise.

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Using part of an object to represent the whole (e.g., "wheels" for a car)

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synecdoche

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Repetition of initial sounds in neighboring words

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alliteration

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Intentional exaggeration for effect

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hyperbole