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rhyme

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have or end with a sound that corresponds to another.

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end rhyme

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rhyming at the end of poems

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repetition

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repeating a word

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Internal Rhyme

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a rhyme involving a word in the middle of a line or in the middle of the next.

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alliteration

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words that begin with the same sound are placed close together.

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Onomatopoeia

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a word that mimics the sound it names

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Assonance

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repetition of vowel sounds without repeating consonants

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consonance

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A resemblance in sound between two words, or an initial rhyme

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pentameter

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five iambs

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tetrameter

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four iambs

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trimeter

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three iambs

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blank verse

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no rhyme but has meter

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free verse

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no meter or rhyme

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what is meter

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the number of stressed and unstressed in a line

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Esperanza

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approximately twelve-year-old Chicana who is a budding writer who wishes for a home of her own. She starts to mature emotionally and sexually.

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Nenny

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Esperanza’s sister, does not understand Esperanza’s jokes

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Carlos and Kiki

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Esperanza’s brothers, Carlos is older than Esperanza while Kiki is the youngest.

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rachel and lucy

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Mexican-American sisters who live across the street from Esperanza. they are friends and mature

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sally

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beautiful and cruel, like the women Esperanza admires in movies, spends her time dreaming of escaping the neighborhood

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how is sally a role model for esperanza

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she represents a kind of sexual maturity that Esperanza finds intriguing

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marin

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  • from Puerto Rico who lives with her cousin’s family

- teaches Esperanza and her friends about the world of boys

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alicia

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daughter of a traditional widowed Latino father

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why is alicia tired in mango street?

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she has to travel far to school and stay up late to study

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how does alicia learn english

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watches television

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geraldo
dies in a car crash because no one could help him, he does not speak english
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louie
esperanza's brother best friend | the oldest child in a family from Puerto Rico who rent a basement apartment from Meme's mother
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the vargas kids
children of rosa vargas, who is overwhelmed and unable to control her many children
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edna
cranky landlady of the apartment next door
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ruthie
daughter of edna, seems to have a fear of enclosed spaces
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mamacita
from Mexico and is stuck because of language
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rafaela
a young woman married to a man who keeps her locked up when he goes out
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why is rafaela locked in her house
her husband is afraid she is so beautiful she'll run away from him
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minerva
only two years older than Esperanza, but she is married with two children read poems to esperanza
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sire
esperanza's first crush
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what are the four things that show that Brutus is a tragic hero
noble birth excessive sufferin tragic flaw self realization
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calpurnia
julius caesar's wife, warns caesar about the danger
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cassius
the leading instigator of murdering julius caesar
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Metellus Cimber
one of the conspirators against caesar. signals the others when to attack Caesar
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soothsayer
tells Caesar "beware the ides of march" which is when he was supposed to be assassinated
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brutus
- one of the conspirators in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar - Caesar's friend and a man of honour - joins in the conspiracy against Caesar's life, convincing himself that Caesar's death is for the greater good of Rome
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caesar
a Roman general who named himself dictator of the Roman Empire after killing Pomypey
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portia
wife of brutus and stabs herself in the leg
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flavius
one of the Tribunes of the People of Rome, does not like how people are honoring caesar as he liked pompey more
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marc antony
caesar's right hand man makes caesar king used pathos in his speech
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cinna
one of the conspirators. He has a role in convincing the men to get Brutus, Caesar's close friend, on board
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“Caesar cried, Help me, or I sink!...so from the waves of the Tiber Did I the tired Caesar [bear].”
speaker: cassius context: trying to convince brutus to join the conspiracy importance: shows that caesar is weak and unfit to rule
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“Brutus says he was ambitious, and Brutus is an honorable man.”
speaker: marc antony context: marc antony was saying a speech to the citizens after caesar died importance: antony repeated this more than 5 times. this is telling us that brutus is actually not an honorable man.
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“Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look; He thinks too much: such men are dangerous.”
speaker: caesar context: right before caesar "accepted" the crown importance: cassius looks hungry and greedy for power
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“{looking at the body of Brutus} This was the noblest Roman of them all. All the conspirators save only he Did that they did in envy of great Caesar.”
speaker: antony context: they are looking at the body of brutus, who just killed himself importance: although brutus killed caesar, he was a tragic hero and did the best for Rome
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"He had a fever when he was in Spain, / And when the fit was on him, I did mark / How he did shake. 'tis true, this god did shake."
speaker: cassius context: trying to convince brutus to join the conspiratory importance: shows that caesar is weak at some times
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"I know where I will wear this dagger then; Cassius from bondage will deliver Cassius."
speaker: cassius context: cassius just found out that they are going to crown caesar tomorrow importance: he will be freeing himself from Caesar's shadow
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"I am as constant as the northern star, / of whose true-fix'd and resting quality / There is no fellow in the firmament."
speaker: caesar context: caesar is just about to get assassinated importance: he will not budge, he will stand strong, his leadership can not be swayed, he will not change.
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"Not that I lov'd Caesar less, but that I lov'd Rome more."
speaker: brutus context: brutus is saying his speech after caesar died importance: hard to kill Caesar, as he loved him, but he is so sure it is right he had to killed him
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But you can’t make people listen. They have to come round in their own time, wondering what happened and why the world blew up under then. It can’t last."
speaker: granger context: granger is telling montag about the hobo camps importance: people must see it for themselves that their society is wrong
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“There must be something in books, things we can’t imagine, to make a woman stay in a burning house; there must be something there. You don’t stay for nothing.”
speaker: montag context: talking to mildred in the night importance: makes montag start to wonder what is in books
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“We need not to be let alone. We need to be really bothered once in a while. How long is it since you were really bothered? About something important, about something real?”
speaker: montag context: montag is talking to mildred in the night importance: we need to be bothered enough to stand up for something once in a while
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"...We're going to build a mirror factory first and put out nothing but mirrors for the next year and take a long look in them."
speaker: granger context: they have just been talking about a phoenix importance: part of being reborn requires one to truly see oneself, which is why they want to build a mirror factory
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"We must all be alike. Not everyone born free and equal, as the Constitution says, but everyone made equal. Each man the image of every other; then all are happy, for there are no mountains to make them cower, to judge themselves against. So! A book is a loaded gun in the house next door. Burn it. Take the shot from the weapon."
speaker: Beatty context: he is telling Montag about the history of the firemen meaning: This shows that they do not allow anyone to be different and be their own person.
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What role do omens have in this play?
lion walking through the streets of Rome
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what superstitions are in julius caesar?

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