analyzing poetry definitions

Question 1

style

Answer 1

individuality of expression, achieved in writing through the selection of arrangement of words and punctuation

Question 2

diction

Answer 2

words chosen in speaking or writing

Question 3

denotation

Answer 3

dictionary definition of a word

Question 4

concrete imagery

Answer 4

imagery based on the use of the 5 senses (not abstract)

Question 5

figurative imagery

Answer 5

words that carry symbolic meaning beyond the literary level (metaphor or simile)

Question 6

metaphor

Answer 6

comparison between two unlike things

Question 7

simile

Answer 7

direct comparison using like or as

Question 8

tenor

Answer 8

subject of a figure of speech, the subject of a figurative image that is actual and present
-in a smilie it is the part that comes before the like or as

Question 9

symbol

Answer 9

stands for an idea, quality, or concept large than itself

-diff than a metaphor since the symbol is the vehicle of the meaning and the tenor is usually only implied

Question 10

allegory

Answer 10

form of symbolism in which ideas or abstract qualities are represented as characters or events in a story or novel

Question 11

allusion

Answer 11

a reference to a character or event in literature, history that enriches the meaning of the passage

Question 12

tone

Answer 12

attitude writer conveys to his or her subject

Question 13

verbal irony

Answer 13

major difference between the literal meaning of a statement and its intended meaning

Question 14

alliteration

Answer 14

repetition of the same consonant sounds (usually the beginning of a word)

Question 15

rhyme

Answer 15

similar or identical sounds between words (usually the end sounds in lines of verse)

Question 16

rhythm

Answer 16

recurrence of stressed and unstressed syllables in a regular pattern

Question 17

iambic pentameter

Answer 17

meter consisting of 5 feet per line where each foot consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable

Question 18

syntax

Answer 18

sentence structure or word order (relationship between words among word groups in sentences)

Question 19

motif

Answer 19

a pattern of identical or similar images recurring throughout a passage or entire work

Question 20

closed form

Answer 20

kind of poem with consistent meter and regular rhyme scheme

Question 21

open form

Answer 21

kind of poem with no consistent meter and no regular rhyme scheme

Question 22

stanza

Answer 22

a set of lines grouped together in poetry

Question 23

concrete poetry

Answer 23

poetry whose meaning is conveyed not only through the words themselves but through unusual typography and patterns of letters, words, or symbols

Question 24

vehicle

Answer 24

image, activity or concept used to illustrate or represent the tenor or subject

• part of the figure of speech that is absent and imaginative
• comes after the like or as