Intro To Lit Poetry Test

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Image

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the language that address the senses

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Enjambment

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run on line. must continue to the next line.

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figures of speech

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a way of saying something in the terms of something else.

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simile

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comparison using like or as

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metaphor

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comparison not using like or as

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implied metaphor

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does not specifically state something. it hints at the metaphor.

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extended metaphor

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a series of related metaphors

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pun

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a play on words that relies on a word having more than one meaning or sounding like another word

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***synedoche***

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a figure of speech in which part of something is used instead of the whole

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***metonymy***

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in which something is closely associated with something else. it substitutes it.

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personification

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the attribution of giving human qualities to none human things

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apostrophe

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an address either to someone who is absent and therefore cannot hear the speaker or to something not human.

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hyperbole

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adds emphasis w/o intending to be literally true

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overstatement

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figure of speech exageration

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understatement

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says less than intended

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parody

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a statement that intentionally appears to be self-contradictory but than on closer inspection turns out to be true

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oxymoron

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condensed form of paradox in which two contradictory words are used together

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symbol

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something that represents something else

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conventional symbol

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something that is recognized by many people to represent certain ideas

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literary/contextual symbol

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goes beyond the traditional public meanings cannot be summarized i a word or two

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allegory

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a narration or description usually restricted to a single meaning because its events, actions, characters, settings, and objects represent specific abstractions or ideas

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didactic poetry

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designed to teach an ethical, moral, or religious lesson

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irony

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a technique that reveals a discrepancy between what appears to be and what actually is true

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situational irony

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the difference between what appears to be and what is actually true, what actually exists and what is expected to happen

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verbal irony

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saying something different from what is meant.

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satire

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ridiculing a folly or a vice in effort to expose of correct it

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dramatic irony

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when the writer allows the reader to know more than the characters do

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comic irony

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when the author uses god, destiny, or fate, to clash the hope and exceptions of a character of human kind in general

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onomatopoeia

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a use of a word that resembles a sound

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alliteration

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the repetition of the same constant sounds at the beginning of nearby words

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assonance

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the repetition of the same vowels sound in nearby words

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euphony

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line that are musically pleasant

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cacophony

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lines that are discordant and difficult to pronounce like the claim that "never my numb plunker fumbles"

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doggerel

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lines whose subject matter is trite and whose rhythm and sounds are monotonously heavy-handed

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paraphrase

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restatement of the central idea in your own words

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diction

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authors choice of words

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poetic diction

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use of elevated language instead of the ordinary language

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formal diction

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consists of a dignified, impersonal, and elevated use of language

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middle diction

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spoken by most educated people`

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informal diction

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usage of slang and expressions not used by the culture at large

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dialect

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spoken by dignified groups of people from a particular region

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jargon

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usage of words defined by a specific profession

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denotations

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literal, dictionary meanings of a word

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connotations

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associations and implications that go beyond a words literal meaning

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persona

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a speaker created by the author

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ambiguity

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allows two or more simultaneous interpretations of a word.

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syntax

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the ordering of words into meaningful verbal patterns

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tone

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the writers attitude toward the subject, the mood created by all of the elements

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dramatic monologue

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character addresses the audience silently to reveal unintentionally some aspect of their personality

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allusion

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is a brief reference to a person place thing event or idea in history or lit.