Literary Terms Set 2 Flashcards
short poem of song-like quality about emotions
Lyric Poem
a lyric poem in the form of an address to a particular subject, often elevated in style or manner and written in varied or irregular meter.
Ode
a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead.
Elegy
poem that tells a story
Narrative Poem
a long narrative poem, written in heightened language, which recounts the deeds of a heroic character who embodies the values of a particular society (ex: The Odyssey)
Epic
a poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas. Sing-song pattern with rhyme
Ballad
short poem describing peaceful rural life in nature
Idyll
14 line poem using formal rhyme scheme(s). Iambic pentameter
Sonnets
a sonnet consisting of an octave with the rhyme pattern abbaabba, followed by a sestet with the rhyme pattern cdecde or cdcdcd
Italian Sonnet
Sonnet with rhyme scheme ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Shakespearean Sonnet
when a single speaker in literature says something to a silent audience
Dramatic Monologue
a nineteen-line poem with two rhymes throughout, consisting of five tercets and a quatrain, with the first and third lines of the opening tercet recurring alternately at the end of the other tercets and with both repeated at the close of the concluding quatrain.
Villanelle
two-line stanza or two lines that rhyme
Couplet
three-line stanza
Tercet
four-line stanza
Quatrain
five-line stanza
Quintet
six-line stanza
Sestet
seven-line stanza
Septet
eight-line stanza
Octave
repetition of first sound/letter
Alliteration
repetition of the same consonant sound
Consonance
repetition of the same vowel sound
Assonance
lack of harmony and agreement between things; meter or rhyme breaks.
Dissonance
clear, loud, and long vowel sounds.
Resonant Sounds
compact consonant sounds.
Plosive Sounds
a word whose sound suggests its meaning. (“fl” in “flash,” “flick,” etc. suggest moving light)
Phonetic Intensives
literary device using repetition of something which ties into the deeper meaning of the poem. (ex: apples in “After Apple Picking”)
Controlling Image
form of philosophy based on the idea that people give meaning to their lives through their choices and actions. (__________ crisis is when life feels meaningless)
Existentialism
style of writing that uses symbols and exaggeration to represent emotions, rather than representing physical reality.
Expressionism
centering story on character’s emotions/subjective point of view and not an objective point of view; doesn’t try to interpret the thoughts and feelings; stream of consciousness.
Impressionism
an artistic movement emphasizing the imagination and characterized by incongruous juxtapositions and lack of conscious control
Surrealism
relating to or resembling Shakespeare’s character Sir John Falstaff, especially his robust, bawdy humor, good-natured rascality, and brazen braggadocio.
Falstaffian
relating to Shakespeare’s character Puck. playful, especially in a mischievous way.
Puckish
a mode that emphasizes the description and exaltation of a country lifestyle. (think “pasture”)
Pastoral Mode
novel or poem told through letters, diaries, or other things written by characters.
Epistolary Novel or Poem
nightmarish quality. Franz Kafka
Kafkaesque
the word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun.
Antecedent
attributing human characteristics to an animal or inanimate object (ex: Zootopia)
Anthropomorphism
two opposite ideas put next to each other in parallel structure for emphasis. (ex: “Keep your friends close and your enemies closer”)
Anithesis
omission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words.
Asyndeton
the deliberate use of a series of conjunctions.
Polysyndeton
the inversion of the usual order of words or clauses.
Inversion/Anastrophe
extremely optimistic, especially when facing adversity
Panglossian
waits until end of sentence to convey message (ex.: despite the storm, the soccer game was not cancelled.)
Periodic Sentence
conveys message at beginning ( ex.: the soccer game was not cancelled, despite the storm.)
Loose Sentence
arrogant, know-it-all way of speaking. (ex.: Dwight Schrute)
Pedantic Tone
the quality of appearing to be true, real, likely, or probable.
Verisimilitude
