Exam Flashcards
Diction
The choice and use of phrases in speech or writing
Connotation
An idea or feeling a word evokes
Denotation
Literal or dictionary meanings of a word
Rhyme Scheme
The ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of lines of a poem or verse
Anaphora
The deliberate repetition of the first part of the sentence
Refrain
A group of line that appears at the end of a stanza
Physical setting
We’re the story takes place
Temporal setting
When the story takes place
Social setting
What culture or social convections
Conflict
Struggle between opposing forces
Form
Shape
Dystopia
Imaginary place with dreadful living conditions
Distort
To twist out of shape
Eradicate
To destroy completely
Sociopolitical
To combine social and political factors