Intro To Poetry Test 1

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the restatement in one's own words of what one understands a poem to say or suggest.

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paraphrase

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a brief condensation of the main idea or plot of a work.

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summary

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a short poem expressing the thoughts and feelings of a single speaker.

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lyric

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a poem written as a speech made by a charater at some decisive moment; the speaker is usually addressing a silent listener.

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dramatic monologue

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presents the voice of an imaginary character speaking directly, without any additional narration by the author.

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dramatic poetry

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a poem that tells a story; ballads and epics are two common forms.

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narrative

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the mood of manner of expression in a literary work, which conveys an attitued toward the work's subject; helps to establish the reader's relationship to the characters or ideas presented in the work.

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tone

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poetry the blends criticism with humor to convey a message, usually through the use of irony and a tone of detached amusement, withering contempt, and implied superiority.

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satiric poetry

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a fictitious character created by an author to be the speaker of a literary work; latin for "mask"

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persona

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in language, a discrepency between what is said and what is meant; in life. a discrepency between what is expected and what occurs.

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irony

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if it says one thing and we sense that the writer is in fact saying something else.

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ironic point of view

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a mode of expression in which the speaker or writer says the opposite of what is really meant.

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verbal irony

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a situation in which the larger implications of character's words, actions, or situation are unrealized by that character but see by the author and the reader or audience.

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dramatic irony

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a style of bitter irony intended to hur or mock its target.

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sarcasm

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the contrast between a character's position or aspiration and the treatment he or she receives at the hands of a seemingly hostile fate.

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cosmic irony or irony of fate

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a word or series of words that refers to any sensory experience; a direct or literal recreation of physical experience and adds immediacy to literary language.

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image

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the collective set of images in a poem or other literary work.

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imagery

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a person, place, or thing in a narrative that suggest meanings beyon its leteral sense; bears multiple suggestions and associations.

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symbol

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symbols that have acquired a standard significange; they carry recognizable meanings and suggestions.

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conventional symbols

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a description-often a narrative-in which the literal events consistently point to a parallel sequence of ideas, values, or other recognizable abstractions.

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allegory

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a brief narrative-usually allegorical but sometimes not-that teaches a moral

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parable