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14 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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Speaker
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The voice that is talking to us in a poem
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Extended Metaphor
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Metaphor extended over several lines of a poem
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Dialect
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Way of speaking that is characteristic of a particular region or group of people
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Connotation
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All the meanings, associations, or emmotions that a word suggests
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Denotation
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Literal meaning
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Subjective statement
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Personal feelings and judgments
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Objective Statement
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Something that can be proved; Facts
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Tone
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The attitude a writter takes toward the reader, a subject, or a character
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Aphorism
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Meant to teach
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Indirect Characterization
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we have to put clues together to know what the character is like
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Direct Characterization
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The writter tells us directly 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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Using no regular meter or rhyme scheme
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Blank verse
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Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
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