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literary terminology
SSSAS 7th grade Lit
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ALLITERATION | the repetition of initial consonant sounds. In poetry alliteration is used to create a musical or rhythmic effect. |
| EXTENDED METAPHOR | as in a regular metaphor, a subject is spoken or written of as though it were something else. However, an it differs from a regular metaphor in that several points of comparisons are suggested by the writer or speaker. |
| FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE | writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally. The many types of this are called figures of speech. These types include hyperbole, simile, metaphor, and personification. |
| FREE VERSE | poetry not written in a regular rhythmical pattern or meter. In a ______ ______ poem the poet is free to write lines of any length or with any number of rhythmic stresses or beats. |
| Poetry | lyric, epic, narrative, and dramatic |
| HYBERBOLE | an exaggeration for effect. Because it makes a statement that is not meant to be taken literally, it is considered a figure of speech. |
| METAPHOR | a figure of speech in which something is described as though it were something else. A _____, like a simile, works by pointing out a similarity between two things. |
| NARRATIVE POEM | a story told in verse. It often possesses the elements of fiction, such as characters, conflict, and plot. The events are usually told in chronological order, the order in which they happen. |
| ONOMATOPOEIA | the use of words that imitate sounds. Hiss, crash, buzz, neigh, ring, and jingle are examples. |
| PERSONIFICATION | a type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics. |
| POETRY | one of the three major types of literature, the others being prose and drama. It is not easy to define, but we might say that it is language used in special ways. It makes use of concise, rhythmic, and emotionally charged language. The language usually em |
| REFRAIN | a regularly repeated line or group of lines in a poem or song. |
| RHYME | the repetition of sounds at the end of words. Poets use it to create musical effects, and to emphasize and to link certain words and ideas. The most traditional type is end ___, . Internal ______occurs when ______ occur within lines. |
| RHYME SCHEME | a regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem. |
| RHYTHM | the pattern of stresses, or beats, in spoken or written language. |
| SIMILE | a figure of speech that makes a direct comparison between two unlike subjects using like or as. Writers use it to create vivid descriptions. Poetry, especially, relies on it to point out new and interesting ways of looking at the world. |
| SPEAKER | the imaginary voice assumed by the writer of a poem. In other words, the character who tells the poem. Sometimes he/she will identify himself or herself by name. At other times he/she is more vague. Interpreting a poem often depends on inferring what the |
| STANZA | a group of lines in a poem, considered as a unit. Many poems are divided into _______ of equal length, with the _______ separated by spaces. They are often like paragraphs in prose; each presents a single thought or idea. |
| SYMBOL | anything that stands for or represents something else. They are usually concrete objects or images that represent abstract ideas. They generally differ from metaphors or similes in that the reader or listener must infer what it stands for. The writer or s |
| TONE | the attitude toward the subject and audience conveyed by the language and rhythm of the speaker in a literary work |
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