Test Flashcards
Ode
Glorifies a person
Shakespearean sonnet
Iambic pentameter
Ababcdcdefefgg
Miltonic sonnet
Octave 8 and sestet 6
ABBA ABBA cdcdcd
Villanelle
Five tercets and a quatrain
Aba aba aba aba aba abaa
Spenserian sonnet
14 lines
Abab bcbc cdcd ee
Iambic hexameter
Six feet per line
da- DUM
Trochaic trimeter
Tree feet per line
DA-dum
Trochaic pentameter
Five feet per line
DA-dum
Blank verse
Unrhymed
Iambic pentameter
Five feet per line
da-DUM
Chiasmus
Chiasmus is a rhetorical device where words or concepts are reversed for effect.
Example: “Fair is foul, and foul is fair.” (Shakespeare)
Metonymy
Metonymy is a figure of speech where something is referred to by an associated term rather than its actual name.
Example: “The White House issued a statement.” (Here, “White House” represents the U.S. government.)
Onomatopoeia
Onomatopoeia is a figure of speech where a word imitates a sound.
Example: “The bees buzzed around the flowers.”