Test Date: November 3rd, 2014 Flashcards
Repetition
A word or phrase is repeated for emphasis
Example: Oh Horror! Horror! Horror!
Alliteration
The repetition of initial sounds of words
Example: Peter piper picked a peck of…
Metaphor
Comparison of two unlike things without using like or as
Similes
Comparison of two unlike things with using like or as
Personification
Giving an un-human thing a human characteristic
Hyperbole
Extreme exaggeration
Assonance
Repetition of identical vowel sounds
Example: in zones of silence they grow tall and slow
Consonance
The recurrence of similar sounds, especially consonants, in close proximity.
Symbolism
Poetry or literature suggestive of something else.
Example: spring is often associated with newness or romance
Analogy
Relating two things which are similar in some respects (making a comparison because of similarities)
Imagery
Visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in literary work.
Mood
Emotional environment or atmosphere created by the author or poet
Atmosphere
The pervading tone or mode of a place, situation, or work of art
Three main types of poetry!!!!!!
Lyric poetry: a poem that expresses the thoughts and feelings of the poet.
Example: ‘the road not taken’ by Robert Frost
Narrative Poetry: a type of poem that tells a story
example: ‘The cremation of Sam McGee’
Also “epic” or “ballad” poems
Dramatic Poetry: a poem where one or more people actually speak as characters in the poem too an audience. They tell the story as that character.
Example: “to be or not to be” or “the raven” by Edgar Allan Poe
Meter
Iambic: - / Trochiac: / - Spondaic: / / Anapestic: - - / Dactylic: / - -
