Exam 2

Question 1

-the literal, easy to understand dictionary meaning

Answer 1

denotation

Question 2

• figurative, less specific and less direct meanings;

- everything the word might imply besides its meaning

Answer 2

connotation

Question 3

• explicit, clear and direct comparison

- like, as though, seems, similar to, than, as

Answer 3

Simile

Question 4

• comparison thats not made explicitly

- no clues

Answer 4

metaphor

Question 5

-kind of metaphor; speaks of an impersonal thing as if it’s a person

Answer 5

personification

Question 6

-naming a thing; the word for a part is substituted for the whole

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Synecdoche ex) wheels =car

Question 7

-naming a thing, a thing closely related to the thing actually meant

Answer 7

Metonymy ex) crown=royalty

Question 8

-what it is, but also means something else

Answer 8

Symbol

Question 9

-2 things that shouldn’t be able to exist at the same time but exist. (ex: night and day)

Answer 9

Paradox

Question 10

-similar to exaggeration

Answer 10

overstatement

Question 11

-one states less than one’s full meaning

Answer 11

understatement

Question 12

-one thing is said but another is meant; the outcome of a situation is the opposite of what you expected to happen

Answer 12

Irony

Question 13

-the attitude of the speaker towards his subject matter

Answer 13

Tone

Question 14

-the repetition of beginning consonant sounds

Answer 14

Alliteration ex) “she sells sea shells”

Question 15

-repetition of vowel sounds found anywhere in a word

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Assonance ex) “try to light the fire”

Question 16

-the repetition of consonant sounds found at the ends of words

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Consonance ex) “toss the glass boss”

Question 17

-repetition of ending sounds between words;

Answer 17

Rhyme (also spelled Rime)

Question 18

-words inside of individual lines rhyme

Answer 18

Internal Rhyme

Question 19

-two lines whose endings rhyme with each other exactly

Answer 19

Perfect Rhyme

Question 20

-two lines whose endings are similar in sound but do not rhyme exactly

Answer 20

Slant Rhyme (also off rhyme, half rhyme or imperfect rhyme)

Question 21

-line or phrase that is repeated word for word or slightly off one or more times in a poem

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Refrain

Question 22

-figure of speech consisting of 2 contradictory words or ideas that are close together; jumbo shrimp; icy hot

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Oxymoron

Question 23

-poem that tells a story

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Narrative

Question 24

-a poem written about or for an important event

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Occasional Verse

Question 25

-candid form of autobiographical poetry

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Confessional Poetry

Question 26

-brief explanatory statement or quotation

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Epigraph

Question 27

-originally composed brief poems that were meant to be sung or chanted to the accompaniment of a lyre

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Lyric Poetry

Question 28

-short, satirical lyric usually aimed at a specific person

Answer 28

Epigram

Question 29

-lyric on the occasion of death

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ellegy

Question 30

-a long lyric in elevated language on a serious theme

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Ode

Question 31

-long narrative poem about the exploits of a hero

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Epic

Question 32

-long narrative poems that were originally intended for public recitation and existed in oral form for a long period of time before they were transcribed

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Folk Epic

Question 33

-products of known authors such as Dante and Wadsworth Longfellow who wrote their poems for publication

Answer 33

Literary Epic

Question 34

-shorter narratives with song-like qualities which often include rhyme and repeated refrains

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Ballad

Question 35

-medium length; under 1000 lines; “poetic novels” or “short stories in verse”

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Realistic Narrative

Question 36

-two people speak alternately

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Dialogue Poetry

Question 37

-mock debate, 2 characters usually personified abstractions like the soul and the body

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Debat

Question 38

-word made up by poet

Answer 38

Coinage

Question 39

-words no longer in common use

Answer 39

Archaisms

Question 40

-order of words

Answer 40

Syntax

Question 41

-words that fall out of their expected order

Answer 41

-Inversion

Question 42

-words that are consciously omitted by poet

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Ellipsis