english test (poetry and the epic) Flashcards
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poetry
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- major genre of literature characterized by imaginative language
- use meter, rhyme and imagery
- lines and stanzas
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traditional poems are divided into:
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- narrative
- lyric
- dramatic
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dramatic poems
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- monologue and dialogue
- they often tell stories
- told from the perspective of a speaker who is NOT the poet
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narrative poems
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- tells a story
- it include characters, setting plot, and dialogue
- epic and ballads
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narrative poem
the epic
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- long
- heroic acts of legendary figures and mythical gods.
- grand in style, length, and scope
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narrative poem
ballads
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- was meant to be sung or recited.
- short
- tell tales of love, loss, and adventure.
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lyric poem
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- musical type of poetry
- expresses the emotions of a speaker
- often contrasted with narrative poems
- sonnets, odes, and haiku.
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sonnet
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- fourteen-line poem
- usually in iambic pentameter
- follows one of a number of different rhyme schemes
- abab cdcd efef gg.
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elegiac/elegy
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- poem of mourning
- usually about someone who has died.
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imagery
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- consists of descriptive words and phrases that recreate sensory experiences for the reader
- appeals to the five senses
- figurative or descriptive language
- used to create word pictures, or images.
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lines
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unit in the structure of a poem
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stanzas
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group of lines in a poem
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stanzas
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group of lines in a poem
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speaker
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- character who speaks or narrates a poem
- the speaker and the writer in a poem are not necessarily the same person.
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monologue
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long speech made by one character who directly addresses the audience or another character
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dialogue
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- conversation between two or more people or characters.
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concrete poem (shape poem)
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- poem whose words are arranged on the page to reflect its content
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form
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organization of the parts of the poem
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structure
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the way in which lines are organize
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rhyme
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repetition of sounds at the ends of the words
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rhyme scheme
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- pattern of end rhymes
- at the ends of lines of verse
- is designated by letters with matching letters signifying matching sounds.
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end rhyme
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the use of rhyming words at the ends of lines
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internal rhyme
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the use of rhyming words within lines
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slant rhyme
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- rhyming sounds are similar but not identical
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meter
- regular rhythmic pattern in a poem, such as the number of beats, or stresses in each line
- stressed and unstressed syllables are divided into feet.
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rhythm
- pattern of stresses in a line of verse
- it can be regular or irregular
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figurative language
- meant to be understood imaginatively instead of literally
- language that conveys meanings beyond the literal meanings of words
- it helps readers see things in new ways
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metaphor
- figure of speech in which one thing is written about as if it were another
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simile
- a comparison of two seemingly unlike things
- like or as
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hyperbole
- deliberate exaggeration made for effect
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personification
type of figurative language in which an animal, thing, force of nature, or idea is described as if it were human
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understatement
- an expression in which something of importance is emphasized by being spoken of as though it were not important
- "He's sort of dead, I think."
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sound devices
- uses of words for their auditory effects
- can convey meaning and mood or can unify the text.
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repetition
- intentional reuse of a sound, word, phrase, or sentence
- Writers often use repetition, to emphasize ideas or to create a musical effect.
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refrain
- line or group of lines repeated in a poem or song
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alliteration
- repetition of initial consonant sounds in consecutive or slightly separated words
- usually refers to sounds at the beginnings of words
- it can also be used to refer to sounds within words.
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assonance
- repetition of vowel sounds in stressed syllables that end with different consonant sounds
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consonance
repetition of consonant sounds within and at the ends of words or accented syllables
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onomatopoeia
use of words whose sounds echo their meanings
