Terminology Q-S Flashcards
Quatrain
A poetic stanza of 4 lines
Realism
The practice in literature of attempting to describe nature and life
Refrain
A repeated stanza of lines in a poem
Rhetorical Question
A question that is asked simply for stylistic effect
Shakespeare Sonnet
A sonnet form that divides the poem into 3 units of 4 lines
Shaped Verse
Poetry that is shaped into an object
Scantion
The analysis of verse to show its meter
Setting
The time and place of the action in a story, play, or poem.
Sarcasm
A form of verbal irony in which apparent praise is actually harshly or bitterly critical
Satire
A literary words that holds up human failing in ridicule
Rhyme
The repetition of the same of similar sounds, most often, at the end of lines.
Rising Action
The development of action in a work
Speaker
The voice of the poem itself
Stanza
A section of a poem demarcated by extra line spacing
Similie
A comparison of using like or as
