Poetic Devices and Analysis Flashcards
Size, type etc. associated with text.
Font
part of a scene, landscape, etc., which is near the viewer
Foreground
is a set or series of photographs that are intended to tell a story
Photo Essay
A single section of a comic, showing one moment in a story being told. Also called frame.
Most cartoons consist of a single frame. Comics have several.
Panel
the process or art of using paint, in a picture to convey a message/experience/memory
Painting
process or art of drawing in accordance with mathematical principles
Graphics
Cartoons (one panel) that deal with current news events or social, political, or
cultural issues
Editorial Cartoon
A sequence of drawings in boxes that tell an amusing story, typically printed in a
newspaper or comic book
Comic Strip
A form of art in which various materials such as photographs and pieces of paper or fabric are arranged and stuck to a backing.
Collage
employed by cartoonists, refers to exaggerated facial features of subjects.
Caricature
typically seen with caricatures, cartoons, comic strips, graphics and editorials to express views
Speech balloon
An object representing a feeling, idea etc
Symbol
it is an enclosed space, the boundaries of which are defined by other elements of art (i.e.: lines, colours, values, textures, etc.) Shape can help convey meaning
Shape
Light and shadows visually define objects. Values are the different shades of gray between white and black.
Shadow
the size or apparent size of an object seen in relation to other objects, people, or its
environment or format
Scale
the size relationship of parts to a whole and to one another.
Proportion
The illusion of creating dimensional views of objects. Through intersecting lines and by carefully spacing objects of different sizes, an illusion of depth can be created in a picture.
Perspective
can be considered in two ways. The linear marks are made with a pen or brush or the edge created when two shapes meet. Line also communicates emotion and states of mind through its character and direction.
Line
illumination, can often establish mood or serve a symbolic purpose
Lighting
(photographs) In visual arts including cinematography, framing is a technique used to focus the viewer’s attention upon the subject
Frame
Are objects in or out of focus. One way of creating a focal point in photographs.
Focus
what your eye is drawn to, the main element in a composition; A focal point draws your attention to the most important element on the page
Focal Point
is the juxtaposition of opposing elements eg. opposite colours on the colour wheel
Contrast
the bringing together of parts or elements to form a whole; the structure, organization, or total form of a work of art; the arrangement of the parts of a work of art as to form a unified, harmonious whole.
Composition
___ in design is similar to ___ in physics
A large shape close to the center can be balanced by a small shape close to the edge. A large light toned shape will be balanced by a small dark toned shape (the darker the shape the heavier it appears to be).
* There are three different types of balance: symmetrical, asymmetrical and radial.
Balance
(Also called hue) helps create mood, can provide contrast to a piece or compliment objects in artwork.
Colour
a picture taken with a camera. Distinguishable from an ad or poster as there is no editing or adding of text.
Photograph
distance part of a landscape; surroundings, especially those behind something, and providing harmony and contrast
Background
A poster contains images and text that convey a feeling or mood and a message.
Poster
a hard copy of text (as opposed to electronic)
Rough sketches that show the content, sequence, and type of camera shots for a video production. Similar to a comic strip, each frame represents a few seconds of time as seen through the lens of a camera.
Storyboard
slant, or way of looking at or presenting something
Angle
A fixed nineteen-line form, originally French, employing only two rhymes and repeating two of the lines according to a set pattern.
Villanelle
No strict rhyme and rhythm - but usually there, just not in a measured way.
Free Verse
No strict rhyme but rhythm MUST be iambic pentameter.
Blank Verse
Strict rhyme and/or rhythm. Ex: sonnets, villanelles, haikus.
Formal Verse
A poem that is usually sung or recited.
Ballad
A long narrative poem that tells a story about characters of high position in adventures.
Epic
An elaborated lyric, expressed in dignified, sincere, and imaginative language with an intellectual tone.
Ode
A formal poem that is about a poet’s thoughts on death, or another solemn theme.
Elegy
The form of a __ must be: 14 lines {three quatrains and one rhyming couplet}. The first eight lines reflect upon an idea, and the last 6 lines resolves that idea.
Sonnet
A brief, subjective poem strongly marked by imagination and emotion.
Lyric Poetry
The literal or dictionary term.
Denotation
The ideas or feelings a word evokes.
Connotation
An indirect comparison of two unlike things using like or as. Ex: Burns’ ‘Oh my love is like a red red rose / That’s newly sprung in June.’
Simile
A direct comparison of two unlike things (without using comparative words like ‘like’ or ‘as’). Ex: Shakespeare’s ‘All the world’s a stage.’
Metaphor
A type of poetic meter consisting of five iambs per line.
Iambic pentameter
When characters or events in a work is a symbol of something else in history or politics.
Alegory
A commonly used phrase or expression that presents a figurative, non-literal meaning attached to the phrase.
Idiom
A comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a work.
Extended Metaphor
A figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated.
Metonymy
A harsh or disagreeable sound
Cacophony
The purpose of using __ is to bring about peaceful and pleasant feelings in a piece of literary work.
Euphony
A poem that tells a story or presents a narrative (can be simple or complex, long or short).
Narrative Poetry
Words beginning with the same vowels or consonants
Alliteration
Similar vowel sounds
Assonance
Consonants in the stressed syllables agree
Consonance
