Poetry Quiz Flashcards
What are techniques?
Tools the wrier uses to create impressions
What are impressions?
The larger ideas that are created through combing techniques
Verbal Irony
Sarcasm; has to do with word choice
ex. Snowman singing about summer
Situational Irony
An impression created. Surprises the audience at the same time as the characters
ex. The not so Prince Charming
Dramatic Irony
Audience knows something that the characters do not.
ex. Romeo and Juliet
Hyperbole
Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally
Understatement
The presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is
Paradox
A statement or proposition that, leads to a conclusion that seems senseless, logically unacceptable, or self-contradictory
Quatrain
Stanza with 4 lines
Couplet
Stanza with 2 lines
Octave
Stanza with 8 lines
Sestet
The last six lines of a sonnet
What is the rhyme schemes of an Italian Sonnet
One set of rhymes for the first half that are different than the second half.
What is the rhyme scheme of an English Sonnet?
A sonnet of 14 lines in iambic pentameter.
Enjambment
To read smoothly from line to line
End Stop
Pauses at the end of a line
Caesura
A strong pause or break in a line
Iambic Pentameter
Lines that have 5 beats, and 2 syllables per beat
Paradox vs. Oxymoron
P: “It was the best or times, it was the worst of times…”
O: Jumbo Shrimp, Little Big Burger, etc.
Lyric
A poem that coveys emotion
Elegy
An expression of grief
Ode
A lyric poem written for someone or something
Villanelle
A nineteen-line poem with two rhymes throughout
Sonnet
A poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes
