PKT Flashcards
(19 cards)
A resemblance in some particulars between things otherwise unlike
Analogy
The process of attributing human characteristic to something non - human, in particular the gods or God. The term also refers to animals that are given human personalities.
Anthropomorphism
The repetition of words in identical or similar vowel sounds followed by different consonant sounds
Assonance
A narrative poem, frequently of unknown authorship, composed of short verses intended to be sung or recited
Ballad
A type of poetry with regular meter with no rhyme
Blank verse
The repetition of a final consonant sound in words with different vowels
Consonance
Two lines of rhyming iambic pentameter
Couplet
In writing the careful of words based on their correctness, clarity, or effectiveness
Diction
A poem in which there is one imaginary speaker addressing an imaginary audience
Dramatic poetry
Verse that has neither regular rhyme nor regular meter
Free verse
The use of language to create sensory impressions the appeals to the 5 senses
Imagery
Any non-narrative poem presenting a single speaker who expresses a state of mind or a process of thought and feeling
Lyric poetry
The rhythmic pattern in verse, made up of stressed and unstressed syllables; a specific form of such a pattern, depending on the number and kind of feet; for instance iambic pentameter
Meter
A poem that tells a story
Narrative poetry
A long lyric poem, serious in subject, elevated in style, and elaborate in stanzaic structure
Ode
The term used to describe words whose pronunciations suggest their meaning
Onomatopoeia
A figure of speech that endows things or abstractions with life or human characteristic (not to be confused with anthropomorphism)
Personification
The abstract pattern of end-rhymes in a stanza, usually notated with lower-cases letters
Rhyme scheme
The pattern of stressed and I stressed syllables in a line of poetry prose. Poets use RHYTHM to bring out the musical quality of language, to emphasize ideas, to create mood, to unify work, or to heighten emotional response
Rhythm