Borelli Lit Terms + Poetry Terms
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Poetry | A kind of rhythmic, compressed language that uses figures of speech and imagery designed to appeal you our emotions and imaginations |
| Alliteration | Repetition of initial consonant sounds in a group of words close together in the same line |
| Assonance | Repetition of similar vowel sounds enclosed in different words |
| Blank Verse | poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter |
| Connotation | Associated meanings of or attitudes about words; Enhances meanings, adds mood and gives new meanings |
| Consonance | the repetition of the same consonant sounds before and after changing vowel sounds, as in "tick-tock" or "step-stop". |
| Couplet | a pair of successive lines in poetry |
| Denotation | Literal or explicit meaning of a word; the dictionary meaning |
| Iambic Pentameter | Five sets of unstressed-stressed syllables in a line |
| Extended Metaphor | A metaphor that is extended or developed, over several lines of writing or throughout an entire poem |
| Meter | A set sound pattern |
| Mood | atmosphere; feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage.Feeling created by a literary work |
| Onomatopoeia | the use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning (e.g., "fizz," "crackle"). |
| Prose | literary expression not marked by rhyme or metrical regularity. |
| Pun | A play on the multiple meanings of a word, or two words that sound alike but have different meanings |
| Rhyme | Words that have the same sound or vowel sound!!!!!! |
| Exact rhyme | repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them in words that are close together in a poem.!!!!! |
| Slant/Half/Approximate | The final rhyming sounds are close but not the same |
| Internal Rhyme | Repeats sound within the same line |
| Eye | words creating visual alikeness without sounding at all alike (as in "cough" and "though"). |
| Rhyme Scheme | The pattern of rhymes in a stanza or poem |
| Rhythm | Having a metrical form, repetition of sound, pattern or accent!!!!!! |
| Setting | the time and place of a story or play. |
| Sonnet | a fourteen-line lyric poem, usually written in iambic pentameter, that has a set rhyme scheme (Shakespearean: three quatrains and one couplet). |
| Homeric Simile | a comparison as described above except that the comparison is extended and explains heroic or epic events in terms of everyday |
| Figurative Language | Language that is used to describe one thing in terms of something else; not to be taken literally!!!!! |
| Allusion | A reference to something else, usually in history or literature. Using past symbols or phrases the audience is unaware of to create symbolism |
| Hyperbole | Overstatement-exaggeration |
| Oxymoron | Two words together that contradict each other |
| Speaker | The voice in a poem!!!!!!!!! |
| Inversion | the reversal of the usual order of words in a sentence |
| Diction | A writer's choice of words |
| Irony/ Situational | The difference between what is expected and what actually happens |
| Dramatic Irony | Something the audience knows that the characters doesn't |
| Paradox | Self-contradiction that is actually true and possible |
| Musical Devices | Those poetic devices that directly relate to, appeal to, or stimulate the sense of hearing!!!!!!!!!! |
| Free Verse | A poem without rhyme or meter!!!!!!!!!!! |
| Form | Any poetic convention used to enhance meaning!!!!!!!!! |
| Continuous | A poem where there is no break between lines!!!!!!!!!! |
| Stanzic | A poem written in repeated units having the same number of lines |
| Fixed | A traditional pattern like a sonnet |
| Trochee | stressed unstressed rhyming pattern |
| Dactyl | 1 stressed followed by 2 unstressed rhyming pattern |
| Anapest | 2 unstressed followed by 1 stressed rhyming pattern |
| Iamb | unstressed stressed rhyming pattern |
| Plot | a series of related events that make up a story |
| Exposition | beginning of story where setting, character, conflict introduced |
| Rising Action | part of story filled with complications, which build on each other and create conflic for protagonist |
| Climax | A high point of story where tension developed and marks turning point in plot |
| Falling Action | Diminishing tensions and plot's conflict begins to resoolve |
| Denouement | Not all problems/ conflicts resolve |
| Resolution | Conflicts solved, questions answered |
| Irony | A contrast or discrepancy beween expectations and reality |
| Verbal Irony | Words implying opposite of literal meaning Saying the opposite of what one means |
| Situational Irony | Outcome of events opposite what is expected |
| Dramatic Irony | Reader percieves something significant that the character misses |
| Irony of Situation | When situation creates opposite effect as expected |
| Irony of Setting | When setting creates opposite of what is expected |
| Irony of Tone | When tone creates opposite of what is expected |
| Protagonist | Main character of story, one who "drives the action" |
| Antagonist | Character who is involved in the most important conflict with protagonist |
| Static Character | Character who remains same throughout story |
| Dynamic Character | Character who changes a lot throught the story as a result of something in the story |
| Flat Character | Character that has 1 or 2 traits; described as 1 dimensional |
| Round Character | Many traits, fully developed, 3 dimensional |
| Stock Character | Character with predictable actions |
| Dramatic Foil | When 2 opposites complement each other |
| Symbol | A person, place thing or event that stands for itself and something beyond itself |
| Direct Characterization | The Character's traits are directly written in the text |
| Indirect Characterization | Character's traits discovered through speech, action, thoughts/feelings, other characters' thoughts on the character, appearance |
| In medias res beginning | The story starts in the midst of the action |
| Satire | Writing that ridicules society or a group in order to reveal a weakness |
| Metaphor | Figure of speech that compares two unlike things without the use of words like, as, or than |
| Simile | Figure of speech that makes a comparision between 2 unlike things using like, as or than |
| Personification | A metaphor when a non-human quality is talked about as if it were human |
| Imagery | Descriptive language that appeals to any of the 5 senses |
| Theme | The message that the author conveys to audience. |
| Tone | The author's attitude toward his or her subject, character or audience |
| Allegory | The entire story is symbolic for something deeper |
| Spondee | Stressed stressed |
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