Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
9 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
Diction
|
Diction is usually used to describe the level of formality that a speaker uses.
•Diction (formal or high): Proper, elevated, elaborate, and often polysyllabic language. This type of language used to be thought the only type suitable for poetry •Neutral or middle diction: Correct language characterized by directness and simplicity. •Diction (informal or low): Relaxed, conversational and familiar language. |
|
|
Dramatic monologue
|
A type of poem, derived from the theater, in which a speaker addresses an internal listener or the reader. In some dramatic monologues, especially those by Robert Browning, the speaker may reveal his personality in unexpected and unflattering ways.
|
|
|
Heroic couplet
|
two successive rhyming lines of iambic pentameter; the second line is usually end-stopped.
|
|
|
Iambic pentameter
|
Iamb (iambic): an unstressed stressed foot.The most natural and common kind of meter in English; it elevates speech to poetry.
|
|
|
Octave
|
The first eight lines of an Italian or Petrarchan sonnet, unified by rhythm, rhyme, and topic.
|
|
|
Sestet
|
A six-line stanza or unit of poetry.
|
|
|
Shakespearean sonnet
|
A fourteen-line poem written in iambic pentameter, composed of three quatrains and a couplet rhyming abab cdcd efef gg.
|
|
|
Sonnet
|
A closed form consisting of fourteen lines of rhyming iambic pentameter.
|
|
|
Volta
|
The "turning" point of a Petrarchan sonnet, usually occurring between the octave and the sestet.
|
