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Terminology week 2
Terminology for week two
Question | Answer |
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Pentameter | A line of verse containing five feet |
Atmoshpere | The characteristics, mood or feeling conveyed by a literary work, as created by the author's choices of setting, action characterisation and language |
Caricature | A portrayal of a character in which certain features are exaggerated, usually for comic effect. |
Caesura | A pause in the middle of a line of verse indicated by a punctuation mark. |
Iamb | A foot with the rhythm unstressed/ stressed. |
Rhyming Couplet | Two lines of verse in which the words at the end of each line rhyme. |
Iambic Pentameter | A line of verse with five Iambic feet. Five stressed syllables alternate with five unstressed, giving a ten-syllable line. |
End Stopped Line | A line of verse with a punctuation mark at the end to indicate a pause. |
Feet | Type of rhythm consisting of a particular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables. |
Mood | 1 - grammar - the function expresses the verb form to create indicative sentences (he is speaking) imperative sentences (what is your opinion) and exclamatory sentences (be quiet!) 2 - used interchangeably with the term 'atmosphere'. |
Enjambment | Continuity of the sense and rhythm from one line of verse to the next without end-stopping. |