Poetry Word

Question 1

Enjambment

Answer 1

Run on lines which carry on to the line

Question 2

Caesura

Answer 2

A pause that occurs with in lines

Question 3

Figure of Speech

Answer 3

Language that cannot be taken literally

Question 4

Metaphor and Simile

Answer 4

Used to compare things that are not alike: Simile uses “like or as “ Metaphor the comparison is implied

Question 5

Hyperbole

Answer 5

Excessive exaggeration to prove a point

Question 6

Metonymy

Answer 6

Thing is equal to concept; The crown is linked to royalty

Question 7

Synechdoche

Answer 7

part equals whole

Question 8

Personification

Answer 8

Giving animals, objects, or concepts human like qualities.

Question 9

Apostrophe

Answer 9

Addressing someone or something that is not present as if they can reply back ex: Writing a letter to your mom

Question 10

Imagery

Question 11

Symbol

Answer 11

An object or action in a literary work that means more than itself, that stands for something beyond itself. The glass unicorn in The Glass Menagerie, the rocking horse in “The Rocking-Horse Winner,” the road in Frost’s “The Road Not Taken”–all are symbols in this sense.

Question 12

Alliteration

Answer 12

The repetition of consonant sounds, especially at the beginning of words.

Question 13

Stanza

Answer 13

Groups of lines in a poem

Question 14

Epic

Answer 14

Long Narrative poem that records a hero adventures

Question 15

Lyric

Answer 15

Poem that expresses emotions

Question 16

Allusion

Answer 16

Direct or indirect reference to a person, place or event

Question 17

Hamartia

Answer 17

Something that causes a hero downfall

Question 18

Hubaris

Answer 18

Arrogance and excessive pride

Question 19

Catharsis

Answer 19

When the audience feels intense pity toward the tragic hero.

Question 20

Why How does a poem mean?

Answer 20

Using how does a poem mean allows us as readers to examine how a poem presents an experience.

Question 21

Elements of a Shakespeare tragedy

Answer 21

1. Story of one person at most two
2. Leads to the death of a hero
   3.depicts the hero life that leads up to death
   4.Person of high degree
   5.

Question 22

Elements of a tragic hero

Answer 22

1. Belief in his own freedom
   2.Supreme Pride( arrogance, seems to be superior to others)
   3.He suffers because he feels guilty and guiltlessness. Justifying his actions
2. Dedicated to his choices even though he can change his decision he refuses

Question 23

Foil Character

Answer 23

A character who contrast with the protag in order to high light the protags qualities

Question 24

Aside

Answer 24

The characters speak to the audience