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21 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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what is the term used for word choice?
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diction
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what is the term used for the structure of phrases, clauses, and sentences?
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syntax
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what is the poem's attitude towards its subjects?
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tone
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what are the two types of diction, and what do they mean?
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denotative- literal meaning of a word
connotative- figurative meaning of a word |
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what is the term used for stale, familiar words, phrases, and metaphors?
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cliche
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A figurative comparison
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Metaphor
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When human characteristics are compared to inanimate objects
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Personification
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What is a paragraph in a poem called?
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Stanza
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What is the term used to describe structure, stanzas, rhythm, and line breaks?
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Form
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What type of poetry is 2-3 lines, uses paired images, usually subject of nature, has stripped language void of abstraction, and has a "cutting word" or punctuation?
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Haiku
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What has a normal pause with use of punctuation?
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End-stopped free verse
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What has natural and unnatural pauses without the use of punctuation?
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Enjambed free verse
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Repeating word at the beginning of the line
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Anaphora
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Chorus in a poem
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Refrain
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Same pattern of syllables in each stanza
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Syllabics
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Same consonant and vowel sound at the end of a line
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Rhyme
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Either vowel or consonant is off
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slant rhyme
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Repetition of consonant sound
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Alliteration
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Repetition of vowel sounds
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Assonance
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Sound words- ie "zip, zap, dink..."
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Onomatopoeia
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A french form of poetry of six, six line stanzas and an envoy of three lines. Instead of rhyme, the lines end with six repeating words that shift in pattern from stanza to stanza.
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Sestina
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