unit 2 Flashcards
alliteration
the repetition of initial (beginning) consonant sounds (clasps, crag, crooked)
antithesis
a rhetorical device that uses syntactical parallelism in two adjacent phrases or clauses to emphasize their contrasting meanings.
anaphora
the repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of lines of poetry or grammatical units.
assonance
the repetition of similar vowel sounds in a series of words. (clasps, crag, hands)
caesura
a pause in the middle of a line of poetry usually indicated by a mark of punctuation.
consonance
the repetition of terminal consonant sounds and more rarely of internal consonants that creates extra emphasis on the word involved. (clasps, hands)
enjambment
a poetic device in which lines flow past the end of one verse line and into the next with no punctuation at the end of the first verse line.
eye rhyme
word pairs that are spelled alike but pronounced differently.
free verse
poetry with no set meter or rhyme.
internal rhyme
rhyme that occurs between words within a single line of poetry.
perfect rhyme
agreement of sounds from the last stressed vowel sound onward with a difference in the immediately preceding consonant sounds.
slant rhyme
a rhyme between two words with similar but slightly mismatched sounds. (star and door)
end rhyme
rhyme that occurs at the ends of corresponding lines of poetry.
meter
the regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.
How do you describe a particular meter of a poem?
One must determine the poetic feet and consider the length of the line
Iambic Pentameter
most common in english
What can meter produce?
various moods, depending on the combination of poetic foot and line length
onomatopoeia
the use of words that sound like what they mean. ”clangity-clang” (hiss, buzz)
poetic feet
the specific combination of two or three stressed and/or unstressed syllables that predominately repeats throughout the poem’s lines.
rhetoric
the art of public speaking.
rhetoric question
questions asked not to receive information but to achieve an effect.
rhyme
two or more words having identical sounds in the last stressed vowel and all of the sounds following that vowel.
scansion
the process of identifying the two major features of meter in a particular poem.
end stopped lines
lines of poetry that end with a natural pause indicated by punctuation
feminine ending
in poetry, a line ending in which the final syllable is unstressed.
masculine ending
in poetry, a line ending in which the final syllable is stressed.
How are most techniques of organizing sound an syntax based on?
Parallelsim and Repetition
The effect or organized sound and syntax
To clarify ideas in the text
To set a particular mood in the work
To emphasize important parts of the text
Patterned repetition of sound, syntax, and thought is
more common in poetry than in prose.
What does meter most often directly affects?
the mood of the poem
WHO HAS SEEN THE WIND?
what does the author begin each stanza of her poem with?
A rhetorical question
What does parallelism do in the poem?
the technique that characterizes the first overall structure of the poem
RATTLESNAKE
How does the change of meter support the poem’s change of content?
In the first stanza the words roll off the tongue creating easy rhythm and a sense of slow movement.
In the second stanza the meter changes, the speaker’s mood changes, using the hard “c” sound and there is an awakened mood of danger.
What two sound devices are used in the second stanza?
rhyme and alliteration
ON THE GRASSHOPPER AND THE CRICKET
What is the theme?
that poetry relief from life’s hardships
What does Keats use to add natural flow of his lines?
enjambment
How does the poem exhibit parallelism inits overall content?
Lines 1 and 9 are nearly identical and introduce a new section of the poem.
Lines 1-8 describe the grasshopper
Lines 9-14 describe the cricket
There is parallel content and syntax emphasizing similar functions of both insects.
How is the poem written in sonnet written?
in an iambic pentameter
“MARCH FOR A ONE–MAN BAND”
What is the theme?
This poem emphasizes sound and syntax over rhyme.
what does the term “irrational anthem” refer to?
to the poems chaotic performance.
Wagoner use the following to reinforce the meaning of his poem:
No rhyme
Broken rhythm
Sound words
Example of assonance
“boot, toot, sloop”
Example of rhyme or onomatopoeia
“tweedledy and bumbledy”
Describe the meter
it is irregular meter; it shifts randomly between iambic and anapestic. It throws off the reader’s rhythm and adds to the awkward chaos of the one man band’s performance.
FOUL SHOT
What is the theme?
the author builds suspense by withholding the climax until the very end.
The author uses what part of speech that builds the suspense?
verb
What is an example of how the poet creates suspense throughout the poem?
The lines, “And then/And then/And then”
List devices of sound or syntax found in the lines: Lands Leans, Wobbles, Wavers, Hesitates, Exasperates,
Alliteration
Consonance
Assonance
A GRAY SLEEVE
What is the theme?
War is a destructive disruption of what normal human life should be.
How does Crane creates a feeling of indecision in his writing?
by using words such as “might”, “seem” and “maybe”.
Examples of alliteration
“rear rank”, “still stretched”
Examples of onomatopoeia
“the innumerable hoofs thundered”.
“WINTER OCEAN”
What is the mood of the poem?
is defiant, confrontational, depicting an active and energetic sea
How does personification portray the poem?
the defiance of the ocean
What impressions of the ocean of the rhythm and sounds give readers?
The sounds create a solid and choppy sound that evokes a kind of blustering energy. Heavy vowels such as the short u and the long a combine with marked consonants to create an almost cacophonous roughness.
“TRAVELING THROUGH THE DARK”
What is the theme?
The speaker confronts a moral problem. (life’s moral dilemmas often require hard decisions.)
What is an example of personification?
when the author speaks of the wilderness listening.
Example of onomatopoeia
“hood purred”
What does the speaker realizes when he touches the deer?
that the fawn inside her is still living.
Why does the speaker feels like its necessary to move the deer?
another car may swerve to miss the deer and possibly cause another accident in which people are killed.
The two swervings the author speaks of are:
The swerving of a car
The swerving from his decision
Does this contradict a Biblical worldview?
No
“I HAVE A DREAM”
What does the extended metaphor explain?
the freedoms and opportunities denied African Americans is based on the image of a check and a bank.
The sections of the speech beginning with “ I have a dream” and “Let freedom ring” both illustrate what?
both illustrate the technique of chiasms.
King’s statement listed here is an example of what rhetorical device : I have a dream that my four children will one day lie in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
Antithesis
