Literary Terms Flashcards
Scop
-poet or person who memorized poems in the Anglo-Saxon era (bard)
Caesura
pause in the middle of a line of poetry created by any type of punctuation
Kenning
a specific type of metaphor two words represent one word; pig skin- football (direct comparison- metaphor); compound phrase that represents a single, concrete noun, employs figurative language to represent the simpler concept kennings create a more poetic sense ot the poetry or prose, often employ alliteration and rhyme to make them more memorable (using the phrase ‘battle-sweat’ to refer to blood)
Paraphrasing
express the meaning of the writer or speaker or something written or spoken using different words, especially to achieve greater clarity
Lament
any type of poem that expresses mournfulness, sorrow, and/or deep misery
Kinsman
buddy buddy friend
Epic Poem
Indicates an long narrative poem typically involving a great adventure by the main character; about a specific character
Mead Hall
anglo-Saxons would drink, talk about politics
literation
when you have multiple words starting with the same letter in one line
Connotation
how a word makes you feel
Denotation
literal definition
Etymology
history or origin of a word
Characteristics of an epic hero
significant, glorified, on a quest, has a superior or superhuman strength, courage, intelligence, ethical, risks death for glory or the greater good of society, is a strong and responsible leader, performs brave deeds, reflects the ideals of particular society(Anglo-Saxon)
Satire
can point out a flaw in society we may otherwise not have seen, used more and more heartlessly for the sake of comedy, irony, sarcasm, used to expose stupidity
Irony
when expectations are different from the actual reality
