English Poetry Terms Review 2012
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marciazimmerman on June 2, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 stanza | two or more lines grouped together |
| alliteration | repetition of the same sound at the beginning of nearby words |
| rhythm | the flow and beat of the poem that have a time interval |
| rhyme | The occurrence of the same or similar sounds (at the ends) of two or more words |
| rhyme scheme | the pattern of the rhyme |
| rhyming couplet | A pair of lines that are the same length and rhyme to form a complete thought. |
| repetition | a word or phrase that is used more than once for emphasis |
| figurative language | when the author paints a vivid picture in the reader's head |
| imagery | when the author paints a vivid picture in the reader's head |
| metaphor | a comparison without like or as |
| simile | a comparison with like or as |
| personification | A figure of speech which makes abstract ideas, animals, and inanimate objects have human qualities. |
| tone | the author's attitude the poet hopes to pass on to the reader |
| symbol | something that stands for something else but does not lose it's original meaning |
| tragic hero | a hero who has a fatal flaw that leads to his demise. the hero comes out stronger in the end. |
| tragic flaw | a characteristic of a tragic hero that leads to his or her downfall |
| dramatic irony | when the words and actions of the characters of a work of literature have a different meaning for the reader than they do for the characters. |
| foreshadowing | hint that something will happen in the future |
| flashback | a device in which an event takes place before the current time |
| exposition | when the author sets the story in motion, taking time to introduce major characters, conflicts, and setting |
| rising action | related series of incidents in a literary plot that build toward the point of greatest interest. building up of conflict. most of the book |
| climax | he highest or most intense point in the development or resolution of something |
| falling action | follows the climax and end in the resolution. conflict is heading toward being resolved |
| resolution | comes after the falling action, part of the stories plot line that is typically worked out where the story ends |
| setting | time and place |
| conflict | human vs. |
| characterization | how the author creates life-like, believable "beings"; The choices the author makes to "breath life" into his characters |
| protagonist | The leading or main character in a drama, movie, film or other fictional text |
| antagonist | A person or a force who opposes or is hostile to someone or something |
| memoir | Written in 1st person; A story written by the author focused on a specific time or event in his/her life - specific event or time period focused on memories |
| autobiography | Written in 1st person; A book about the author's life - based on whole life and factual |
| aside | either talking/commenting to themself or other character (they are brief, revealing, and mainly used for the audience) |
| soliloquy | when the character is alone and talking to themselves, the audience hears what's going on in the character's head |
| blank verse | unrhymed iambic pentameter |
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