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clause
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any group of words that contains a subject and a verb
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simple sentence
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a group of words that contains a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought (independent...
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dependent clause
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contains a subject and a verb but does not express a complete thought. Usually functions as...
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Simple
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one subject, one verb
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compound
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two simple sentences combined with a coordinating conjunction
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complex
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one simple sentence with one or more dependent clauses
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compound-complex
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two or more simple sentences with coordinating conjunctions and one or more dependent clauses
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6 Noun Functions
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subject
direct object
indirect object
object of the preposition
appositive
predicate noun
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adjective clause
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a dependent clause possessing a subject and a verb that operates as an adjective and begins...
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relative pronouns
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who
whom
which
whose
that
*relative pronouns can be implied*
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relative pronoun uses
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subjects
direct objects
possessives (rp=whose)
object of the preposition (clause starts...
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set-up of a Shakespearean sonnet
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3 4 line stanzas
14 lines
1 2 line envoy
iambic pentameter (10 syllables per line)
rhyme...
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how? sub-ordinate conjunctions for adverb clauses
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although, as, as if, than, as though
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when? sub-ordinate conjunctions
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after, as, as long as, as soon as, before, since, until, when, whenever, while
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where? ""
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where, wherever, whence, whither
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why? ""
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because, as, in order that, since, so that, that
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under what circumstances? ""
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although, as long as, even though, if, provided that, though, unless, whereas, whether, while
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Seamus Heaney
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born 1939, grew up in Northern Ireland, won the Nobel Prize for lit. in 1995
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sonnets
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from Italian word "sonetto" or little song, wrote 154 sonnets, published in 1609 by Thomas...
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couplet
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usually relevant to recurring themes in the sonnet
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3 main sonnet characters
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Fair Youth (1-26), Dark Woman (127-152), Rival Poet (78-86)
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Archibald Macleish
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1892-1982, served as the librarian of Congress from 1939-44, won an Academy Award in 1965,...
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Imagery
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the use of words to convey a sensory experience (visually, auditorily and/or tactile)
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Ezra Pound
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1885-1972, well-know expatriate artist, born in Idaho, one of the key innovators responsible...
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Imagism
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the use of concrete images to express a more abstract idea (ISOM was written in 1913 using...
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Li-Young Lee
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born 1957 in Jakarta, Indonesia, traveled Asia for 5 years until coming to the U.S. in 1964
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alliteration
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the repition of consonant sounds
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assonance
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the repition of vowel sounds
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onomatopoeia
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written-out sound "effects"
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Robert Frost
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1874-1963, born in San Francisco, CA, published A Boy's Life, of which Pound wrote a favorable...
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Maya Angelou description
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poet, writer, actor, journalist, activist, performer, dancer, teacher
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birth
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born Marguerite Ann Johnson on April 4, 1928 and grew up in St. Louis and Stamps, Arizona
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more stuff...
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asked by MLKjr. to become the northern coordinator for his Southern Christian Leadership Conference...
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