Vocab

Question 1

Alliteration

Answer 1

The repetition of a sounds at the beginnings of words

Question 2

Assonance

Answer 2

the repetition of vowel sounds at the beginnings of words

Question 3

Consonnance

Answer 3

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words

Question 4

Caesura

Answer 4

a pause in a line of poetry

Question 5

Couplet

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two lines of meter in poetry that form a unit

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Couplets in sonnets

Answer 6

the last two lines that rhyme

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Enjambment

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when a sentence begins in one line and ends in the next.

Question 8

Dramatic Poetry

Answer 8

Poetry that uses dialogue of characters to communicate or express something.

Question 9

Envoi

Answer 9

a short concluding stanza in a poem that may address a person or comment on the entire body of the poem un until it.

Question 10

imagism

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an early 20th century American movement focused on clear precise and sharp imagery and language

Question 11

Lexical repetition

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The pattern of repetition of endwords

Question 12

Lyric Poetry

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Poetry that expresses the thoughts and feelings of a single speaker

Question 13

Metaphysical poetry

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Poetry that is characterized by use of conceits, and by its topics, such as love. John Donne is a famous metaphysical poet.

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Modernism

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A movement across all artistic endeavours, in the early decades of the 20th century, that broke off radically from traditional forms, Ezra Poud is a famous leader in modernistic poetry.

Question 15

narrative poetry

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Poetry that tells a story, usually has a narrator

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Octave

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a stanza of eight lines

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sestet

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a stanza of six lines

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terset

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a stanza of 3 lines

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Dramatic Monologue

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a poem tolfd from a persona that has a direct address

Question 20

Rhetorical shift

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A shift in attitude

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Tone

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The author/poet’s attitude toward the subject matter

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Attitude

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Attitude is how the writer approaches the subject, can be seen in hs figurative language, diction, etc.

Question 23

Syntax

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1

Question 24

Quatrain

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a stanza of 4 lines

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refrain

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repeated line(s)

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Rhythm

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repetition of sounds and beats to create movement, difficult to define.

Question 27

Satire

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a form of literature where certain aspects of a perso or society are ridiculed, using wit. It is funny, but can be used for construcive social criticism, to shame into change.

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Satiric Poetry

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A Poem that performs what satire does

Question 29

Troubadours

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A group of 12th century poets, first in france, they were court poets. They created the sestina.

Question 30

Vernacular

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a native language or dialect of a certain population.

Question 31

Voice

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The characteristic speech and thought patterns of the narrator

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wit

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combination of wordplay and conceptual thinking to create humor that is not meant to insight laughter but to draw attention and sometimes reveal deeper feelings or messages

Question 33

Closure in Sestinas

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The formal closure of the Sestina, its envoi of three lines that uses all 6 endwords from throughout the poem, can counter, reflect or have a dialogue with the preceding body of the poem, as it may create new meaning in those words when put together.

Question 34

Dialogue in ballads

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dialogue is a major part of traditional ballads, it allows for the communication to the reader of many things, including moral teachings.

Question 35

Dramatic Poetry

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Dramatic poetry uses the dialogue of the characters to tell a story or communicate something

Question 36

Epic Poetry

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An epic is a long narrative poem that is usually about a serious and elevated topic.

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Epigrammatic poetry

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An epigrammatic poem is one that is or contains very neat, sharp statements that use wit to draw the reader’s attention and thought. An epigram is the noun.

Question 38

Nursery Rhyme

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1

Question 39

Poetry / Music

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1

Question 40

Eco-Poetry

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1

Question 41

The 5 Phases of Plot

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Exposition:
-The who, what, when, etc.
Complication
Conflict
Climax
Resolution

Question 42

Pathos

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relates to emotions. persuading by targeting and drawing the reader’s emotions.

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Logos

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relates to logic and reasoning. It means persuading the reader byut the use of logic and reasoning. The reasoning that back your argument

Question 44

Ethos

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relates to credibility, ethical appeal, convincing the reader based on the character of the author or poet, making yourself worthy of listening to,

Question 45

Confessional Poetry

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An american poetry movement in the 1950’s, notable confessional poets were sylvia plath and anne sextant. They were revolutionary in that they wrote openly and intimately about their private lives.

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Prose Poetry

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Prose poetry uses figurative language, and fits it into justified paragraphs. it is in blocks of these paragraphs, not stanzas

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exphrastic poetry

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poetry based on a painting

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Formalist interpretation

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close reading, considering only the poem itself

Question 49

Biographcal interpretation

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interpretation that looks to connect the author’s biography with the poem

Question 50

Historical interpretation

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interpretation that seeks to connect the poem with what was ocurring, the events, the culture, of the time period it was written in.

Question 51

masculine rhym

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alwasy end wrhyme, one syllabel, stressed

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feminine rhyme

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2 syllables or more that rhyme, final syllable unstressed.

Question 53

Objective correlative

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shwoing not telling, using a situation, events, words that correspond to an emotion . Coined by T.S. Eliot who was famous for it.