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Sorey's Lit Comp Poetry Vocab
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| battered (v) | strike with heavy repeated blows |
| desolate (adj) | barren,empty,lonely |
| muzzle (n) | snout of an animal or device used to cover animal's mouth |
| merely (adv) | simply, nothing more |
| pulsing (v) | quiver, throb, or beat repeatedly |
| indulge (v) | to give into desire |
| appeal (v) | to make a sincere request for help and aid |
| comprehend (v) | to understand |
| pretentious (adj) | overshowy, self important |
| hyperbole (f.s.) | obvious, intentional exaggeration |
| metaphor (f.s.) | makes a comparison between two unlike things in which one thing becomes another WITHOUT the use of like, as, than, or resembles |
| simile (f.s.) | makes a comparison between two unlike things USING explicit words such as like, as, resembles, or than |
| symbol (f.s.) | a person, place,thing, or event that stands for itself and for something beyond itself |
| extended metaphor (f.s.) | a metaphor that is developed over several lines of writing or even the entire work |
| paradox (f.s.) | statement that contradicts itself yet also expresses some truth |
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