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14 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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Speaker
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The Voice that someone is talking to us in a poem
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Extended Metaphor
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A metaphor developed over several lines or throughout an entire poem.
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Dialect
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Way of speaking that is characteristic of a particular or group of people.
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Connotations
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All the meanings, associated, or emotions that word suggests
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Denotation
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Same literal meaning
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Subjective Statements
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personal feelings and judgements
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objective statements
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can be proved to be true
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Tone
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The attitude a writer takes toward the reader, a subject or a character
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Aphorism
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A breif statement of principle or wisdom
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Inderect Characterization
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When an author states exactly how a character is, as compared with indirect characterization, where he or she makes the reader infer it from the character's actions
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Direct Characterization
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in literature and drama, the method of character development in which the author simply tells what the character is like
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Dramatic monologue
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A character gives a dramatic speech to a group of actors on a stage
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Free verse
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verse that does not follow a fixed metrical pattern
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Blank verse
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unrhymed verse of a poem
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