Literary Elements Flashcards

1
Q

Music made by the statements of the poem, which includes the syllables in the lines?

A

Rhythm

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2
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Basic structural make up of the poem

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Meter

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3
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Smaller unit or group of lines or a paragraph in a poem?

A

Stanza

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4
Q

Similar sounding words?

A

Rhyme

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5
Q

Pattern of rhyme?

A

Rhyme scheme

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6
Q

What the poem is about;

What it means?

A

Theme

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7
Q

Use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities?

A

Symbolism

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8
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Appeals to all 5 sentences; visual description of an object or a scene

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Imagery

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9
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When language or a point is stated in a way that is greatly exaggerated?

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Hyperbole

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10
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The word choice and phrasing in a literary work?

A

Diction

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11
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Series of words have the same first consonant sound?

A

Alliteration

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12
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Repetition of consonant sounds within sentences, phrases, or in poems?

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Consonance

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13
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When vowels are repeated in words that are close to each other

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Assonance

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14
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A word which mimics the sound it represents?

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Onomatopoeia

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15
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A literary work that ridicules its subject through the use of techniques such as exaggeration, reversal, incongruity, and/ or parody in order to make a comment or criticism about it.

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Satire

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16
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Time, place, or general background?

A

Setting

17
Q

What happens?

A

Plot

18
Q

Climate or feeling of the text; intended to evoke an emotion in the reader?

A

Mood

19
Q

Authors opinion, stated or implied towards a subject or audience?

A

Tone

20
Q

Literature in a metrical form or a composition forming rhythmic lines

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Poetry