something that suggest more than its literal meaning. A thing, person, or idea that represents an idea. (Subject to multiple interpretations in poetry)

Often called its central idea. A lot like the main melody in a song. It is the "why" of the story in which the author/narrator keep coming back to.

A poem that is 17 syllables long, unrhymed, with three lines total in this order: 5 syllables, 7 syllables, 5 syllables.

In poetry it is two lines that end in similarly sounding words.

In poetry when words at the end of a line look alike, but do not rhyme.

Would look like this AABBCCDDEE. Every two lines in a poem would rhyme.

A line in a poem is named for the number of feet it contains: monometer, dimeter, trimeter, tetrameter, pentameter, hexameter, or heptameter.

Most common form of metering in poetry.

a poem written in whatever format you want.

A rhymed, metered poem which is 14 lines long.

a nonsense poem, with five lines. Lines 1 & 2 rhyme, 3 & 4 rhyme, and line 5 rhymes with line 1.

Another word for narrator, though differs slights, because there is a person or personality talking or telling the story.

refers to the words used in a poem.

The order words are arranged in a poem.

refers to the language that evokes a physical sensation produced by one of the five senses. Helps establish a mood, and may also help indicate theme.

A way of describing one thing in terms of something else. Common figures of speech include metaphors, similes, and personification.

Comparison between two different items that includes the words "like" or "as."

Comparison between two things without using the words "like" or "as."

giving human characteristics to inanimate objects.

In a play, what is an Act.

represents a major change or advance in the plot.

In a play, what is a Scene

represents a self-contained point in time and place in which a main event occurs.

These are the items-"properties"- that are put on stage for the actors to interact with.

What role does Music fill in a play?

To help create a mood or it can be used as an active element that involves the characters directly.

Sounds other than the play's music or the characters' speech.

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CLEP Lit Vocab 2

CLEP Analyzing & Interpreting Literature Vocabulary 2

Term	Definition
Symbol	something that suggest more than its literal meaning. A thing, person, or idea that represents an idea. (Subject to multiple interpretations in poetry)
Theme	Often called its central idea. A lot like the main melody in a song. It is the "why" of the story in which the author/narrator keep coming back to.
Haiku	A poem that is 17 syllables long, unrhymed, with three lines total in this order: 5 syllables, 7 syllables, 5 syllables.
Rhyme	In poetry it is two lines that end in similarly sounding words.
Eye Rhyme	In poetry when words at the end of a line look alike, but do not rhyme.
Stanza	A group of lines in a poem.
Couplet pattern	Would look like this AABBCCDDEE. Every two lines in a poem would rhyme.
Triplet	3 lines in a stanza.
Quatrain	4 lines in a stanza.
Metering in a poem	A line in a poem is named for the number of feet it contains: monometer, dimeter, trimeter, tetrameter, pentameter, hexameter, or heptameter.
Iambic Pentameter	Most common form of metering in poetry.
Monometer	One foot
Dimeter	Two feet
Tetrameter	Four feet
Pentameter	Five feet
Hexameter	Six feet
Trimeter	Three feet
Heptameter	Seven feet
Free Verse	a poem written in whatever format you want.
Sonnet	A rhymed, metered poem which is 14 lines long.
Limerick	a nonsense poem, with five lines. Lines 1 & 2 rhyme, 3 & 4 rhyme, and line 5 rhymes with line 1.
Elegy	A poem to memorialize someone.
Voice	Another word for narrator, though differs slights, because there is a person or personality talking or telling the story.
Word Choice	refers to the words used in a poem.
Word Order	The order words are arranged in a poem.
Imagery	refers to the language that evokes a physical sensation produced by one of the five senses. Helps establish a mood, and may also help indicate theme.
Figures of speech	A way of describing one thing in terms of something else. Common figures of speech include metaphors, similes, and personification.
Simile	Comparison between two different items that includes the words "like" or "as."
Metaphor	Comparison between two things without using the words "like" or "as."
Personification	giving human characteristics to inanimate objects.
In a play, what is an Act.	represents a major change or advance in the plot.
In a play, what is a Scene	represents a self-contained point in time and place in which a main event occurs.
Props	These are the items-"properties"- that are put on stage for the actors to interact with.
What role does Music fill in a play?	To help create a mood or it can be used as an active element that involves the characters directly.
Sound Effects	Sounds other than the play's music or the characters' speech.

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