Unir 3 Lesson 1 Flashcards
the most compact form of literature
ideas, feelings, rhythm, and sound are packed into
carefully chosen words, working to convey meaning
to the readers
Poetry/Poem
tone(ectstatic, melancholic, satiric)
form
figurative language(simile,metaphor.personification)
types of poem
narrative
lyric
dramatic
poems that tell a story
historically began as oral traditions
Examples are epics and ballads.
Narrative
supposedly sung with musical accompaniment
express the poet’s or the persona’s feelings and
emotions
Examples are sonnets, psalms, elegies, songs,
odes.
Lyric
usually performed onstage
can be sung or spoken
Dramatic
Elements of Poetry
Persona
Form
Imagery
Sound Patterns
Rhyme
Figurative Language
Theme
a dramatic character who is the speaker in the poem
not always the poet
Persona
Poetry is written in lines, and oftentimes the lines are
divided into groups called stanzas.
Form
the use of language that appeals to the five senses:
visual (sight), auditory (hearing), gustatory (taste),
tactile (touch), and olfactory (sense).
Imagery
rhyme, rhythm, and other literary devices that pertain
to sounds
onomatopoeia - using words that imitate the sound
of what they refer to
alliteration - repetition of initial sounds
assonance - repetition of vowel sounds within
neighboring words
Sound
the repetition of similar or identical sounds at the end
of poetic lines
rhyme scheme - the pattern of the rhyme placed at
the end of each line or stanza in a poem
rhythm
foot - equivalent to two or more stressed and/or
unstressed syllables
meter - the measurement of syllables in a line
Rhyme
type of foot
iambic
trochaic
anapestic
dactylic
spondaic
type of meter
mono
di
tri
tetra
penta
hexa
hepta
octa
words or phrases that are put together to help
readers picture ordinary things in new ways
Figurative
