Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
14 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
speaker
|
the voice that is talking to us in a poem.
|
|
|
extended metaphor
|
a comparison between unlike things in which some connection is revealed; it takes over several lines of a poem and taken as far as they can logically go.
|
|
|
dialect
|
way of speaking that is characteristic of a particular region or group of people.
|
|
|
connotation
|
all the meanings, associations, or emotions that a word suggests.
|
|
|
denotation
|
literal meaning, ex: cuisine and cooking.
|
|
|
subjective statement
|
the writer adds his or her personal opinions, judgements, or feelings.
|
|
|
objective statement
|
the writer is invisible, it only states the facts.
|
|
|
tone
|
the attitude a writer takes toward the reader, a subject, or a character.
|
|
|
aphorism
|
didactic form; didactic meaning meant to teach.
|
|
|
indirect characterization
|
have to put clues together to find out what the character is like.
|
|
|
direct characterization
|
the writer tells us directly what the character is like.
|
|
|
dramatic monologue
|
a character gives a dramatic speech to a group of actors on a stage.
|
|
|
free verse
|
poetry that has no regular meter or rhyme scheme.
|
|
|
blank verse
|
poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter.
|
