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Poetry Exam Flashcards

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1
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How do you read poetry

A
  1. read aloud
  2. Read several times
  3. punctuation
  4. paraphrase
  5. summarize
  6. answer your questions
  7. archetypes
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how do you read several times

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  1. find what feelings you get from the poem
  2. look up words you do not know and use context
  3. read it with the new meaning you have and see if your feelings from the first read change
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What questions about the poem should you ask

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  1. who is the speaker
  2. who is the audience
  3. what is the occasion
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Theme

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General statement of truth about life, what the poem is about

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The repetition of an initial consonant sound

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alliteration

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a reference in one literary work to a character or theme found in another literary work

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allusion

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the state of having more than one meaning, with resultant uncertainty as to the intended significance of the statement

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ambiguity

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a device of repetition in which the same expression is repeated at the beginning of two or more lines

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anaphora

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same or similar vowel sounds in stressed syllables that end with different consonant sounds

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assonance

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a person, or anything presented as a person, e. g., a spirit, object, animal, or natural force, in a literary work

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character

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intended definition of a word

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connotation

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the repetition of final consonants in words or stressed syllables whose vowel sounds are different

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consonance

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the literal dictionary definition of a word

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denotation

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a variety of language characteristic of a particular group of the language’s speakers

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dialect

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an author’s choice of words

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diction

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an example of figurative language that states something that is not literally true in order to create an effect

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figure of speech

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a figure of speech in which an overstatement or exaggeration occurs

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hyperbole

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a word or group of words in a literary work which appeals to one or more of the senses

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imagery

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an act of placing close together or side by side, especially for comparison

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juxtaposition

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the recurrence in poetry of a rhythmic pattern, or the rhythm established by the regular occurrence of similar units of sound

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meter

21
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a figure of speech wherein a comparison is made between two unlike quantities without the use of the words “like” or “as”

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metaphor

22
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a lengthy speech given by one person

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monologue

23
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the repetition of a sound meant to resemble what it is describing

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onomatopoeia

24
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a combination of words or short phrases that are contradictory

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oxymoron

25
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a “second self” created by the author and through whom the narrative is related

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persona

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a figure of speech in which something nonhuman is given human characteristics

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personification

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the repetition of the same or similar sounds, often occurring at set intervals and most obviously appearing at the end of a line, where it is called end ____

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rhyme

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the time and place in which a story unfolds

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setting

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an explicit comparison of two things, usually with the words “like” or “as”

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simile

30
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a grouping or poetic lines

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stanza

31
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the patterns of arrangement of words in a sentence

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syntax

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the use of one object to represent or stand for something else

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symbolism

33
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a figure of speech in which a part is taken from the hole

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synecdoche

34
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the message or central idea expressed in a literary work

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theme

35
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types of poetry and define them

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dramatic poetry- poetry that employs dramatic form or some element of dramatic technique
Lyric poetry- poetry that expresses an emotional state or mood
narrative poetry- poetry that tells a story

36
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the attitude towards the subject and towards the audience in a literary work

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tone

37
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a figure of speech in which the literal sense of what is being said falls detectably short of the magnitude of what is being talked about

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understatement

38
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a contraction that contains some element of truth

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paradox

39
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saying something but meaning another

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verbal irony

40
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the use of something closely related for the thing actually meant

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metonymy

41
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language that means something other than what it literally means

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figurative language

42
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what does figurative language do

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  1. ordinary to unordinary
  2. adds depth
  3. allows a better understanding
  4. adds freshness
43
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examples of figurative language

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  1. metaphor
  2. simile
  3. personification
  4. paradox
  5. hyperbole
  6. understatement
  7. verbal irony
  8. synechdoche
  9. metonymy
44
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elements of a poem

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imagery
tone 
figurative language
allusion
theme
45
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how do you find a theme in a poem

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  1. find the subject of each stanza
  2. never state theme as the simple subject
  3. does it run throughout the poem
  4. find tone
  5. characters actions
  6. a title of work
  7. symbolic characters
  8. setting
  9. imagery

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