english poetry vocab Flashcards
what is anthropomorphism?
the attribution of human characteristics or behaviour to a god, animal, or object.
what is zoomorphism?
Zoomorphism is the practice of giving animal characteristics to non-animal things, such as people, objects, or ideas
what is Polysyndeton?
Polysyndeton is a literary device that involves using multiple conjunctions in close succession to emphasize a word or phrase.
e.g., bus and cake and pizza
what is asyndeton?
the omission or absence of a conjunction between parts of a sentence, as in I came, I saw, I conquered.
what is scriptio continua?
Scriptio continua is a writing style that does not use spaces, punctuation, or different letter cases to separate words e.g., husband cake pizza
what is anaphora?
the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses e.g.,
to go to the shop
to go to the shopping mall
to go to the house
what is Bathos?
(especially in a literary work) an effect of anticlimax created by an unintentional lapse in mood from the sublime to the trivial or ridiculous.
what is a motif?
a decorative image or design, especially a repeated one forming a pattern. - recurring idea
what is a Tercet?
A tercet is a poem or stanza of three lines of poetry.
what is Synecdoche?
a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa.
e.g., Synecdoche means using part of something to represent the whole, eg: referring to a ‘set of wheels’ to mean a car. referring to ‘boots on the ground’ to refer to soldiers in an army.
what is Metonymy?
a figure of speech in which a word or term is used to replace or represent another closely related word or term. For example, “the crown” is often used to describe the British monarchy, and “Hollywood” is often used to describe the American film industry
what is the alliteration with f and v called?
Fricative
what is an Atovistic quality?
Atavism is the tendency to revert to the ways of thinking and acting of a former time.
For example, you might describe a building that looks like it’s from an earlier era as an atavism.
what is free verse?
Free verse is a type of poetry that doesn’t follow a set rhyme scheme or meter
lines have irregular length
what is Hypophora?
Hypophora is a rhetorical device where a speaker or writer asks a question and then immediately answers it
what is Lacuna?
an unfilled space; a gap.
what is a Petrachan sonnet?
a 14-line poem with a specific rhyme scheme and structure.
what does it mean if something is cadaverous?
very pale, thin, or bony.
what is emaciated?
abnormally thin or weak, especially because of illness or a lack of food
what is a Lexical field?
a group of words that are related in meaning and are associated with a specific topic or domain.
so, a lexical field of violence is a group of words associated with violence
what is Dichotomy?
a division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or entirely different. e.g., a rigid dichotomy between science and mysticism
The strict dichotomy between the two personalities caused the relationship to be difficult.
it is also a repeated branching into two equal parts.
what does it mean if something is banal?
so lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring.
Sonic links
sounds
what is Temporal language?
Temporal words and phrases are time-related words that move a sentence and story along. They can be words, prepositions, or phrases. Some temporal words can also be prepositions indicating location, such as ‘before,’ ‘by,’ ‘on,’ and ‘between.
Words like “before”, “during”, “at midnight”, “every Sunday”, “throughout the week”, “over the next year”, “when the ceremony commenced”, and “finally
what is a Dactyl?
a metrical foot consisting of one stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables or (in Greek and Latin) one long syllable followed by two short syllables.
e.g., poetry, basketball
