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Poetry
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Poetry | artistically rendering words in such a way as to evoke intense emotion or an Ah Ha! experience from the reader. |
| Prose | a form of language which applies ordinary grammatical structure and natural flow of speech rather than rhythmic structure (as in traditional poetry). |
| STANZA | an arrangement of a certain number of lines, sometimes having a fixed length, forming a division of a poem. |
| Figure of Speech | A figure of speech is a general term that identifies a word or phrase used in a nonliteral sense to add rhetorical force to a spoken or written passage. |
| Simile | an indirect comparison between two things usually using the words “like” or “as,” but sometimes “than” or “resembles” |
| Simile Example: | Life is like a journey. |
| Metaphor | a comparison between two unlike things, in which one thing becomes the other. |
| Metaphor Example: | Life is a journey. |
| Direct Metaphor | directly compares two unlike things with a linking verb |
| Direct Metaphor Example: | The leaves are dancers swaying in the wind. |
| Indirect Metaphor | doesn’t tell us directly that one thing is another thing; instead, it uses words that suggest a comparison |
| Indirect Metaphor Example: | The leaves danced in the wind. |
| Personification | a figure of speech in which human qualities are given to something that is not human (or inanimate) |
| Hyperbole | a figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion or to create a comic effect. |
| Alliteration | the repetition of the leading consonant sound in each word throughout a sentence or a phrase. |
| Assonance | the repetition of the vowel sounds to create internal rhyme |
| Onomatopoeia | A word that imitates or suggests the source of the sound that it describes. Ex. buzz, hush, ring, beep |
| Onomatopoeia Example: | Buzz, hush, ring, beep |
| Refrain | a verse, line or stanza that is repeated throughout a work, often at the beginning, where a poem divides stanzas, or at end of each stanza. |
| Anaphora | The deliberate rhetorical repetition of the first part of a sentence. This word or phrase repetition occurs at the beginning. |
| Rhetorical Question | A question that the speaker asks that isn't a question, just to provoke thought |
| Imagery | the use of figurative language and sound devices that evoke a sensory experience in the reader. |
| Inversion | The inverting of the normal word order in a sentence or phrase. |
| Inversion Example: | Yoda from Star Wars, "The Chosen One, the boy may be." |
| Tone | indicates the writer’s attitude toward the subject. |
| Rhyme | The repetition of similar sounds in words |
| End Rhyme | rhyme that occurs at the end of each line |
| Internal Rhyme | rhyme created by two or more words in the same line of verse |
| Rhyme scheme | refers to the pattern of end rhyme in a poem. |
| Approximate Rhyme (Slant Rhyme) | words that are similar in sound, but do not rhyme exactly |
| Exact Rhyme | a rhyme in which the latter part of the word or phrase is identical sounding to that of another. |
| Free Verse | an open form of poetry that does not use consistent meter patterns, rhyme, or any other musical pattern |
| Rhythm | the pattern of sounds made by varying the stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem. |
| Foot | the measurement for one unit of poetry (usually two-three syllables). |
| Quatrain | a group of four lines that work together or a four-line stanza. |
| Couplet | paired lines of verse, often rhyming. |
| Meter | the type of foot used to measure a line of poetry. |
| Iambic | (one unstressed syllable and one stressed syllable US) |
| Trochaic | (one stressed and one unstressed syllable SU) |
| Spondaic | (two unstressed syllables UU) |
| Anapestic | (two stressed syllables and one unstressed SSU) |
| Dactylic | (one unstressed syllable and two stressed syllables USS) |
| How many sonnets did Shakespeare write? | 154 |
| How many lines are in a Shakespearean Sonnet? | 14 |
| How many syllables are in each line of a Shakespearean Sonnet? | 10 + Every other one is accented |
| Shakespearean Sonnet contain ________ pentameter. | Iambic |
| Iambic Pentameter | when every other syllable is accented, usually beginning with the second syllable on each line |
| Shakespearean Sonnets contain a _______ structure. | Thematic |
| The first two quatrains of a Shakespearean Sonnet serve a purpose of: | Setting up a problem |
| The third quatrain of a Shakespearean Sonnet serves a purpose of: | Begins to answer the problem |
| The ending couplet of a Shakespearean Sonnet serves a purpose of: | tries to solve the problem |
| The rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean Sonnet is: | abab cdcd efef gg |
| Allusion | expression designed to call something else to mind not always mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference. |
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