Section Two: Poetry Flashcards
What is the definition of poetry?
A kind of language that says more and says it more intensely than ordinary language.
What are the 5 steps to understand poems?
1.) read the poem more then once
2.) know the meanings of the words in the poem (use a dictionary)
3.) read so that you hear the sounds of the words in the poem
4.) always pay careful attention to what the poem is trying to say
5.) read the poem out loud
What is detonation?
The dictionary meaning of the word or the literal meaning
What is connotation?
What a word suggests beyond what it expresses; the overtones of meaning that poets can use connotation to say more in fewer words
What are some examplesof different types of imagery?
1.) auditory (sound)
2.) olfactory (smell)
3.) gustatory (taste)
4.) tactile ( touch)
5.) organic (internal sensation)
6.) kinesthetic (movement/tension)
What is imagery?
The sense of experience when it is read Out-loud and represented through use of specific language. in poetry; it directly appeals to our senses through its rhythm and entires our imaginations with precieved sense experiences.
What is a simile?
A means of comparing things that are essentially unlike – it is expressed by the use of some word or phrase tomato that connection such as: like, as, similar to etc.
What is Personification?
Consists of giving humanlike attributes is an animal, object, or concept.– it is a subtype of a metaphor (were figurative term is always a human being)
What is an apostrophe?
Consists of addressing someone absent,non-human, or dead as if that person or thing were alive, is present, and could reply to what is being said
What is a metaphor?
Used as a means of comparing things that are essentially unalike– the comparison is expressed when a figurative term is substituted for or identified w/ the literal term
What is a symbol in poetry?
Something that means more than what it appears to be
What is an overstatement?
An exaggeration in the service of truth - there to add emphasis to what you really main
What is a hyperbole?
The obvious an intensional use of exaggeration to invokes strong feelings that stick in the readers mind
What is verbal irony?
Saying the opposite of what one means
What is Allusion?
A reference to something in history or in previous literature
What is an understatement?
Says less than one means; may exist in what one says or in how one says it and can be used to represent some thing in a weak or uninformed way that is not based in fact.
