| Question |
Answer |
| Irony |
the contrast between what is stated and what is meant or between what is expected and what actually happens. |
| dramatic irony |
occurs when the reader knows something a character does not |
| situational irony |
occurs when a reader is surprised by an unexpected turn of events |
| verbal irony |
the speaker contradicts itself in what it is saying |
| forestall |
prevent by acting ahead of time |
| repression |
restraint |
| elusive |
hard to grasp |
| tumultuously |
in an agitated way |
| importunities |
persistent request or demands |
| situational irony (ex.) |
goes to her room, plops down in her chair, and looks out her window. expect scenery to be described as dark and gloomy. |
| verbal irony (ex) |
"it was only yesterday she had thought with a shudder that life might be long" ;expect life to be long. (she dies later) |
| dramatic irony (ex) |
"there was something coming to her and she was waiting for it, fearfully."; expect something awful was about to happen in the future. she stated again and again that she was free. |
| appositive |
a noun or pronoun placed near another noun or pronoun to provide more information about it. |
| nonessential appositive |
an appositive that can be omitted from a sentence. |
| essential appositive |
has meaning in a sentence. |
| rhyme |
occurs in two or more words that have similar or identical vowel and final consonant sounds in their accented syllables |
| salient |
standing out from the rest |
| tempest |
violent storm |
| stark |
stiff or rigid, as a corpse |
| guile |
craftiness |
| myriad |
countless |
| interjection |
a word or phrase that expresses emotion in a sentence |
| apostrophe |
speaking to an inanimate object or dead person |
| tempest |
a violent storm that represents the animosity black people have |
| "Douglass" structure |
Italian Sonnet |
| octave |
presents a problem or asks a question |
| sestet |
answers the octave |
| true rhyme (ex) |
storm/form ;; bark/dark |
| slant rhyme (ex) |
know/ago ;; amaze/dispraise |
| end rhyme (ex) |
"lies and eyes" ;; "guile and smile" |
| internal rhyme (ex) |
"hides" and "eyes" |
| speaker |
voice of the poem |
| noun clause |
subordinate clauses (word groups with subjects and verbs that cannot stand alone as sentences) |
| repose |
the state of being at rest |
| degenerate |
morally corrupt |
| Western Gate |
may symbolize death or the process of dying |
| dawn in eastern skies |
symbolizes new life, a new beginning |
| imperially |
majestically |
| epitaph |
inscription on a tombstone |
| "Lucinda Matlock" and "Richard Bone" |
Edgar Lee Masters |
| "Luke Havergal" and "Richard Cory" |
Edwin Arlington Robinson |
| reverential |
showing or caused by a feeling on deep respect, love, and awe |
| tremulously |
fearfully; timidly |
| semi-somnambulant |
half-sleepwalking |
| inert |
motionless |
| prelude |
introductory section or movement of a suite, fugue, or work of music |
| jocularity |
joking good humor |
| italian sonnet |
14 line poem that includes an octave and sestet |
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