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26 Cards in this Set
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Tone |
Themood or manner of expression in a literary work, which conveys anattitude toward the work's subject, which may be playfule, sarcastic,ironic, sad, solemn, or any other possible attitude.
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Connotation |
Anassociation or additional meaning that a word, image, or phrase maycarry, apart from its literal denotation or dictionary definition.
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Denotation |
Theliteral, dictionary meaning of a word.
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Imagery |
The collective set of images in apoem or other literary work.
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Alliteration |
The repetition of a consonantsound in a line of verse or prose. |
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Assonance |
The repetition of two or morevowel sounds in successive words, which creates a kind of rime. |
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Onomatapoeia |
An attempt to represent a thingor action by a word that imitates the sound associated with it.
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Iamb |
a metrical foot in verse in whichan unaccented syllable is followed by an accented one ( ͡ '). the iambicmeasue is the most common meter used in English poetry.
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Ballad |
Traditionally,a song that tells a story. |
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Open Form |
Versethat has no set scheme – no regular meter, rime, or stanzaicpattern. |
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Closed Form |
Ageneric term that describes poetry written in a pattern of meter,rime, lines, or stanzas. |
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Symbol |
A person, place, or thing in a narrative that suggests meanings beyond to literal sense. |
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Myth |
A traditional narrative of anyonymous authorship that arises out of a culture's oral tradition. |
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Narrative Poetry |
Apoem that tells a story. Ballards and epics are two common forms
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Lyric Poem |
Ashort poem expressing the thoughts and feelings of a single speaker. Often written in the first person, it traditionally has a songlikeimmediacy and emotional force.
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Anaphora |
the use of a word referring to or replacing a word used earlier in a sentence, to avoid repetition, such as do in I like it and so do they.
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Troubadours |
French Singers |
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Poetry |
repitition is a key component in poetry to give the poem emphasizes to remember things. Perserving stories, histories, values and beliefs
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Epic: Long poems of Heroic nature
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The Iliad and Odessey
Epic of Gilamesh Bible Koran Aeneid |
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Anglo Saxon Period
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600-1100 A.D. When literature started to flourish. Beowolf The Battle of Maldon written form first appeared
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Middle Ages
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- 1100-1400 A.D spread of christian morality writing. 1. Catabury Tales France singers (Troubadours) Love songs
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Renaissance Period
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- 1400-1600 A.D. Rebirth of Science, Philosophy, & Classical Arts
William Shakespear most noteable writer of this time Phillip Sydney Christopher Maybury Edmund Spencer |
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17thCentury
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Reamergence of Christian poetry
“Paradise Lost” by John Milton Meditative Poetry- 1st introduction to think in the abstract |
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18thCentury
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Romantic period
Hightened emotion, sentimantality, & individualism |
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English Poets
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Coolridge
Woodsworth Blake |
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American Poets
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Keats
Shelbey Throeu Whitman |
