QUIZ 1 Flashcards
- It is a type of literature that
conveys a thought, describes a
scene or tells a story in a
concentrated, lyrical arrangement of
words.
Poetry
Poems can be structured,
with RHYMING LINES and METER, the
rhythm and emphasis of a line
based on syllabic beats.
Poetry
Poems can also be FREEFORM, which follows no
formal structure.
Poetry
The basic building block of a poem
is a verse known as a ______.
Stanza
A stanza is a grouping of lines related
to the same thought or topic, similar
to a paragraph in prose. A stanza
can be subdivided based on the
number of lines it contains. For
example, a _______ is a stanza with
two lines.
couplet
the basic rhythmic
structure of a line within a
work of poetry. ______ consists of
two components: The number of
syllables. A pattern of emphasis
on those syllables
Meter
It is a unit of poetry
composed of lines that relate to a
similar thought or topic—like a
paragraph in PROSE or a VERSE in a
song. Every ______ in a poem has its
own concept and serves a unique
purpose
Stanza
There are many different types of
rhymes that poets use in their work:
INTERNAL rhymes, SLANT rhymes, EYE
rhymes, IDENTICAL rhymes, and more.
One of the most common ways to
write a rhyming poem is to use a
rhyme scheme composed of shared
vowel sounds or consonants.
Rhyme Scheme
It is poetry written
with a precise meter—almost
always iambic pentameter—
that does not rhyme.
Blank Verse
This is poetry that is divided
into stanzas or verses
(groups of lines) in which all
or some of the lines have a
rhyme word at the end.
Rhymed Poetry
It is poetry
that lacks a consistent rhyme
scheme, metrical pattern, or
musical form.
Free Verse
It is a lengthy, narrative
work of poetry. These long poems
typically detail extraordinary feats
and adventures of characters from a
distant past.
Epics
Like an epic, a ________ tells
a story. Henry Wadsworth
Longfellow’s “The Midnight Ride of
Paul Revere” and Samuel Taylor
Coleridge’s “The Rime of the
Ancient Mariner” exemplify this
form.
Narrative poetry
It is a three-line poetic
form originating in Japan. The
first line has five syllables, the
second line has seven syllables,
and the third line again has five
syllables.
Haiku
It is one that
concerns the natural world, rural life,
and landscapes. These poems have
persevered from Ancient Greece (in
the poetry of Hesiod) to Ancient
Rome (Virgil) to the present day
(Gary Snyder).
Pastoral Poetry
It is a 14-line poem, typically
(but not exclusively) concerning the
topic of love. ______- contain
internal rhymes within their 14 lines;
the exact rhyme scheme depends
on the style of a _______.
Sonnet
It is a poem that reflects
upon death or loss. Traditionally,
it contains themes of mourning,
loss, and reflection. However, it
can also explore themes of
redemption and consolation.
Elegies
Much like an elegy, an _______ is a
tribute to its subject, although
the subject need not be dead—
or even sentient, as in John
Keats’ “Ode on a Grecian Urn”
Ode
Is a five-line poem
that consists of a single stanza,
an AABBA rhyme scheme, and
whose subject is a short, pithy
tale or description.
Limerick
refers to the broad
category of poetry that concerns
feelings and emotion. This
distinguishes it from two other
poetic categories: epic and
dramatic.
Lyric poetry
is a form of
narrative verse that can be either
poetic or musical. It typically follows a
pattern of rhymed quatrains. From
John Keats to Samuel Taylor
Coleridge to Bob Dylan, it represents
a melodious form of storytelling.
Ballad
is a monologue in which a
character speaks to him or herself,
expressing inner thoughts that an
audience might not otherwise know.
Soliloquies are not definitionally
poems, although they often can be—
most famously in the plays of William
Shakespeare.
Soliloquy
A nineteen-line poem consisting of
five tercets and a quatrain, with a
highly specified internal rhyme
scheme. Originally a variation on a
pastoral, the villanelle has evolved
to describe obsessions and other
intense subject matters.
Villanelle
is a mode of fictional
representation through dialogue
and performance. It is one of the
literary genres, which is an
imitation of some action. ______ is
also a type of a play written for
theater, television, radio, and film.
Drama
Is a literary “super
genre,” which encompasses several
different genres of fiction, each with
speculative elements that are based on
conjecture and do not exist in the real
world.
Speculative Fiction
Sometimes called “what-if” books,
speculative literature changes the laws of
what’s real or possible as we know them in
our current society, and then speculates
on the outcome.
Speculative Fiction
stories with imagined
technologies that don’t
exist in the real world,
like time travel, aliens,
and robots.
SCIENCE
FICTION
sci-fi stories inspired by mythology, folklore, and fairy
tales that combine imagined technologies with elements
of magical realism
SCI-FI
FANTASY
FICTION
sci-fi stories about secret
knowledge or hidden abilities
including witchcraft, spiritualism,
and psychic abilities.
SUPERNATURAL FICTION
a play on the term “soap
opera,” sci-fi stories that
take place in outer space
and center around conflict,
romance, and adventure.
SPACE OPERA
FICTION
fantasy stories that take place in an
urban setting in the real world but
operate under magical rules
URBAN
FANTASY
FICTION
stories about civilizations
the authors deem to be
perfect, ideal societies.
UTOPIAN
FICTION
stories about societies
deemed problematic
within the world of the
novel, often satirizing
government rules,
poverty, and oppression.
DYSTOPIAN
FICTION
stories that take place before and during a
huge disaster that wipes out a significant
portion of the world’s population.
APOCALYPTIC
FICTION
The stories
center around characters doing everything
they can to stay alive—for example, running
from zombies or trying to avoid a deadly
plague.
APOCALYPTIC
FICTION
stories that take place after an apocalyptic event and focus on the
survivors figuring out how to navigate their new circumstances—for
example, emerging after a global nuclear holocaust or surviving a
total breakdown of society.
POST-APOCALYPTIC FICTION
stories that focus on true historical
events but are written as if they
unfolded with different outcomes.
ALTERNATE
HISTORY
FICTION
stories about superheroes and
how they use their abilities to
fight supervillains.
SUPERHERO
FICTION
Story that is written
about imaginary characters and events
and not based on real people and facts
FICTION
Is a general term used to describe an
imaginative work of prose, either a novel,
short story, or novella
FICTION
is a popular genre, boasting a huge
established audience. All mysteries focus on a crime,
usually murder. The action tends to center on the
attempts of a wily detective-type to solve the crime.
And the climax usually occurs near the end, in a
leisurely setting where all the elements of the mystery
are neatly assembled for the reader’s convenience.
The solution, complete with surprises, is then delivered
to the characters and the reader alike.
Mystery
is a huge category aimed at
diverting and entertaining women. In
romance novels, you have elements of
fantasy, love, naïveté, extravagance,
adventure, and always the heroic lover
overcoming impossible odds to be with
his true love.
Romance
Other subgenres include historical,
contemporary, fantasy romance,
and romantic suspense.
Romance
It’s common knowledge in the publishing
industry that women constitute the biggest
book-buying segment. So, it’s certainly no
accident that most mainstream as well as
genre fiction is popular among women. For
that reason, publishers and booksellers have
identified a category within the mainstream
that they classify as ________.
Women’s Fiction
________________ novels depict
distant worlds and futuristic technologies
that whirl readers far away from the here
and now and yet provoke contemplation
of contemporary issues. Imaginative,
thoughtful, and other-worldly, this robust
category is made even more popular by
the STAR WARS and STAR TREK series.
Science fiction/fantasy
______________ are tense,
exciting, often sensational works with
ingenious plotting, swift action, and
continuous suspense. In this genre, a
writer’s objective is to deliver a story with
sustained tension, surprise, and a constant
sense of impending doom that propels the
reader forward.
Suspense/thrillers
Unlike mysteries, thrillers are dominated
by action in which physical threat is a
constant companion and is pitted against
a nefarious villain.
Suspense/thrillers
Known simply as _______, these novels
about life on America’s post Civil War
western frontier usually involve conflicts
between cowboys and outlaws, cowboys and
Native Americans, or Easterners and
Westerners. While this category still has a
mass-market audience and a thriving
regional market, it’s not the popular genre it
was 25 years ago.
Western
Filled with gut-wrenching fear, this popular
genre keeps readers turning the blood-filled
pages. From a writer’s perspective, the
defining characteristic is the intention to
frighten readers by exploiting their fears,
both conscious and subconscious: fears of
supernatural forces, alien visitations,
madness, death, dismemberment, and other
terrifying notions.
Horror
employs the same word, identically in sound and in a sense, twice in rhyming positions
Identical Rhyme
rhyme on words that look the same but which are actually pronounced differently
Eye Rhymes
type of rhyme that have similar, but not identical sounds
Slant Rhyme
occurs in the middle of lines of poetry, instead of at the ends of lines
Internal Rhyme
Because I could not stop for Death – (479)
By Emily Dickinson
We paused before a House that seemed
A Swelling of the Ground –
The Roof was scarcely visible –
The Cornice – in the Ground –
Identical Rhyme
Sonnet 18: Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
By William Shakespeare
Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer’s lease hath all too short a date;
Eye Rhymes
“Hope” is the thing with feathers
By Emily Dickinson
“Hope” is the thing with feathers -
That perches in the soul -
And sings the tune without the words -
And never stops - at all -
Slant Rhyme
- The term “speculative fiction” was used for the first time by ________________ in _____. Term was largely associated with only the science fiction genre in the late twentieth century, as science fiction is a widely-read genre that contains speculative elements.
Robert Heinlein in 1947
a blanket term for the stories that take place beyond our known world.
speculative fiction
Macbeth
Double, double toil and trouble.
Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.
Scale of dragon; tooth of wolf;
Witches’ mummy; maw and gulf…
Internal Rhyme
