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English Vocab
Isaac Vara A3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Connotation | All the meanings, associations and emotions |
| Lyric Poetry | Expresses a speakers emotions and thoughts |
| Free verse | poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter. |
| sonnet | a fourteen-line poem written in iambic pentameter, which employ one of several rhyme schemes and adhere to a tightly structured thematic organization |
| imagery | visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work. |
| sensory details | include sight, sound, touch, smell, and taste. |
| Denotation | the literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests. |
| Couplet | a pair of lines of metre in poetry. |
| stanza | a group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse. |
| Figurative Language | uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation. |
| Personification | the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form. |
| simile | a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid |
| Metaphor | a word or phrase that is used to make a comparison between two people, things, animals, or places |
| Rhyme | a repetition of similar sounds |
| Rhyme scheme | the pattern of rhymes at the end of each line of a poem or song. |
| Meter | a unit of rhythm in poetry, the pattern of the beats |
| Onomatopoeia | the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named. |
| Alletiration | the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. |
| Assonance | in poetry, the repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in nonrhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible |
| Tragedy | an event causing great suffering, destruction, and distress, such as a serious accident, crime, or natural catastrophe |
| Tragic Hero | Nobel Figure |
| Soliloquy | an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play. |
| Dramatic irony | the audience knows something the characters do not. Because of this understanding, the words of the characters take on a different meaning. |
| Dialogue | a literary technique in which writers employ two or more characters to be engaged in conversation with each other |
| Monologue | a speech presented by a single character, most often to express their mental thoughts aloud, though sometimes also to directly address another character or the audience. |
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