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2. Meter-a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry. • Figures of speech-A word or phrase that describes one thing in terms of something else and that is not meant to be taken literally. • Symbolism-A literary movement that originated in late nineteenth century France, in which writers rearranged the world of appearances in order to reveal a more truthful version of reality. • Rhythm-the alternation of stressed and unstressed syllables in language. • Rhyme-the repetition of vowel sounds in accented syllables and all succeeding syllables. • Alliteration- the repetition of the same or similar consonant in words that are close together. • Onomatopoeia-the use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning. • Assonance-the repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by different consonant sounds especially in words close together. • Consonance- the repetition of the same or similar final consonant sounds on accented syllables or in important words. Definitions

3. A sharp tongue is the only edge tool that grows keener with constant use. • Washington Irving • Figure of speech because the tongue isn't actually sharp and it doesn’t have any tools Figure of Speech

4. He that respects himself is safe from others. He wears a coat of mail that none can pierce. • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow • He is symbolizing the coat as his respect Symbolism

5. A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature. • Ralph Waldo Emerson • Masterpiece and nature Onomatopoeia

6. Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it • Henry David Thoreau • Fool and rule meter

7. All brave men love; for he only is brave who has affections to fight for, whether in the daily battle of life, or in physical contests. • Nathaniel Hawthrone • Assonance because men love, and brave

8. The tide rise the tide falls the twilight darkens the curfew calls along the sea sands dump and brown the traveler hastens toward the town and the tide rises the tide falls. • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow • Rhyme because falls and calls, and brown and town Rhyme

9. Better sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian • Herman Melville Alliteration

10. You have to search for the voice of each character: the things that he or she could or could not have said, the distinctive rhythm of the voice. • Helen Dunmore • Because you have to read it in a certain beat for it to sound right. Rhythm

11. We will walk on our own feet: We will work with our own hands: We will speak our own mind. Ralph Waldo Emerson -Alliteration because, it uses the same consonant sounds in words that are close together Alliteration

12. A few can touch the magic string, and noisy fame is proud to win them: Alas for those that never sing, but die with all their music in them! • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Because the important words sound the same. Consonance

13. A strong argument for the religion of Christ is this - that offences against Charity are about the only ones which men on their death-beds can be made - not to understand - but to feel - as crime. • Edgar Allen Poe • He obviously believes In God. Generalization Of Edgar Allen Poes Beliefs.

14. Winning isn't everything it’s the only thing • Live today to the fullest because you never know what tomorrow will bring • You can not beat a man who never gives up three modern day examples

15. http://www.brainyquote.com • Elements of Literature Works Cited