| A | B |
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| text | any work of literature to be read and analyzed. |
| speaker | the voice created by the words of a poem (not necessarily the poet). |
| narrator | the person telling the story. |
| tone | the speaker or narrator's attitude towards his subject. |
| first person narration | the narrator is a character in the story who refers to him/herself as "I". |
| third person narration | the narrator stands outside the action of the story. |
| voice | describes an author's individual writing style or unique fingerprint. |
| metaphor | a direct comparison between two different things; describing one thing in terms of something else. |
| simile | an indirect comparison between two different things using "like" or "as". |
| hyperbole | excessive exaggeration that is not meant to be taken literally but is done for effect. |
