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ENG 165 Vocab
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02/20/2014

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Abstract Diction
Definition
General terms that don't pidgeon-hole (ie, "a body of unsalted water" vs "Lake Proper Pronoun")
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Accent
Definition
emphasis or stress on a specific syllable
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Alliteration
Definition
Repitition of 2+ consonant sounds
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Allusion
Definition
to ALLUDE, or reference something else
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Analysis
Definition
examination of a piece with the intent of finding its meaning
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Assonance
Definition
repition of two or more VOWEL sounds
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Biographical Criticism
Definition
using the background information of Author's life to analyze a piece
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Blank Verse
Definition
Most common meter of unrhymed poetry. Five iambic feet per line and NO RHYME.
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Cacophony
Definition
A discordant sound that mimics the feel of the poem
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Carpe Diem
Definition
Latin- "seize the day"
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Closed Form
Definition
poetry written in pre-existing parameters, (rhyme scheme, number of stanzas, number of syllables/per line, etc.)
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Colloquial
Definition
Casual/informal language of ordinary, native speakers
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Concrete Diction
Definition
Specific word choice ("Lake Proper Pronoun" vs  "Fresh body of water")
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Confessional Poetry
Definition
unfiltered exposure to the poet's life. The genre is mainly autobiographical.
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Connotation
Definition
Association/additional meaning to a word, image, or phrase. Apart from the literal denotation.
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Consonance/Slant Rhyme
Definition

Rhyme- Consonant sounds are the same, vowels are different. (reason/raisin, mink/monk.)

 

Sometimes only the final consonant.

(Fame/Room, Crack/Truck)

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Couplet
Definition
Two-line Stanza. Usually rhymed. Usually lines of equal length.
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Denotation
Definition
Literal, Dictionary definition of a word
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Diction
Definition
word choice/vocab
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End Rhyme
Definition
Rhyme that happens at the end of lines
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End-Stopped Line
Definition
Line ended in a full pause (usually punctuated)
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Euphony
Definition
Harmony between pleasant-sounding syllables and the meaning of the poem
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Figure of Speech
Definition
A non-literal comparison
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Foot
Definition
Unit of measurement in metrical poetry.
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Form
Definition
The means in which a piece conveys its meaning.
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Free Verse
Definition
Poetry without line/meter/rhyme organization
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Gender Critisism
Definition
Examination on how Sexual Identity affects works
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Haiku
Definition

Verse form that has 3 unrhymed lines. Can be 5/7/5 syllables.

Traditionally spiritual/serious in tone. Relies on imagery. Dates itself (usually with use of season imagery)

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Hexameter
Definition
Verse meter with 6 Metrical Feet, or primary stresses.
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Historical Criticism
Definition
Analyzing work within context of society, culture, intelligence, etc. to better recreate the exact meaning of a poem.
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Iamb, Iambic
Definition
A metrical foot in which an unnacented syllable is followed by an accented one (Ca-ress, a cat, etc)
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Iambic Pentameter
Definition
Most common English meter. Five Iambic feet per line.
Term
Image
Definition
word/series of words referring to any sensory experience.
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Imagery
Definition
Collective set of images in a poem
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Internal Rhyme
Definition
As opposed to End-line Rhyme, the rhyming happens within the lines.
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Irony
Definition
Discrepancy of meaning is masked beneath the surface of the language.
Term
Levels of Diction
Definition

The levels of formatlity of language.

Four main levels:

Vulgate, Colloquial English, General English, General English

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Literally Theory
Definition

Literary criticism that tries to formulate general principles rather than discussing specific text. Operates on a high level of abstraction.

 

Focus on understanding basic issues of language, communication, art, interpretation, culture, and ideological content.

Term
Lyric
Definition
Short poem expressing the thoughts and feelings of a single speaker. Often in 1st person.
Term
Metaphor
Definition
Saying that one thing is something else, which, in a literal sense, it is not.
Term
Myth
Definition

Traditional narrative of anonymous authorship that comes from cultures' oral traditions. 

 

characters and themes often involve gods and other spiritual entities. Often explain the origin of things.

 

Different from legends in that legends usually reference a specific historical base.

Term
Mythological Criticism
Definition
Analyzing a piece by looking for a universally recurring pattern.
Term
Narrative Poem
Definition
A poem that tells a story.
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Near Rhyme
Definition
Words that technically rhyme but don't share basic word structure. (Intellctual/Spectacle, Loser/Fuser)
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Off Rhyme
Definition
Words whose final consonant sounds are the same but not the vowel. (bone/bean, Letter/Litter)
Term
Onomatopoeia
Definition
Literary device that represents a thing or action by imitating the sounds that it make it makes or is associated with (crash, bang, slam)
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Open Form
Definition

Free Verse

 

Verse with no formal set scheme

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Paraphrase
Definition
Restatement in one's own words of what he understands a literally work to say. Not as brief as a summary.
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Pentameter
Definition
Verse pattern consisting of five metrical feet, or five primary stresses.
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Persona
Definition
Fictional character created to be the speaker in a literary work.
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Personification
Definition
Endowing a non-human thing with human characteristics.
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Prose Poem
Definition
Poetic language printed in prose paragraphs that displays the careful attention to the characteristics of poetry.
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Psychological Criticism
Definition

Investigating a literally work in 3 major areas:

  1. The nature of Literary Genius
  2. The Psychological study of a particular artist
  3. The analysis of fictional characters
Term
Quatrain
Definition
A stanza that consists of 4 lines. Most common english poem structure
Term
Rhythm
Definition
pattern of stresses and pauses in a poem
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Meter
Definition
Recurrent, regular, rhythmic pattern in verse.
Term
Rhyme
Definition
Two or more words that contain an identical or similar vowel sound, usually accented, with identical consonant sounds, if any follow.
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Rhyme Scheme
Definition
Any recurrent pattern of Rhyme in an individual poem or fixed form
Term
Sentimentality
Definition
Describes a piece of work that attempts to convey emotion and results unconvincing and too full of emotion
Term
Sestina
Definition

Complex verse form. "song of sixes. 

 

Six end words are repeated in a prescribed order through six six-line long stanzas.

 

The Sestina ends with an Envoy (short, summarizing end-stanza) of three lines in with all six words reappear.

 

Total of 39 lines.

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Similie
Definition
Comparison of two things, indicated by some connective word.
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Sonnet
Definition

"Little Song"

 

  • 14 lines
  • traditionally in iambic pentameter

Forms:

  • Octave (first 8 lines), Sestet (next 6 lines)
  • English/Shakespearean: Three quatrains and a concluding couplet.
  • Usually shift in tone or focus after the first 8 lines
Term
Stanza
Definition

"stopping-place" "room"

Recurring pattern of two or more lines of verse. A poem's paragraph.

Term
Stress
Definition
An accent  or emphasis on a syllable
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Summary
Definition
A brief condensation of the main idea or story of a literary work.
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Theme
Definition
generally recurring subject or idea conspicuously evident in a literary work.
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Tone
Definition
The attitude toward a subject conveyed in a literary work.
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Verse
Definition

"to turn"

  • Referse to any line in poetry
  • Refers to any composition in lines of more or less regular rhythm--in contrast to prose
Term
Villanelle
Definition
Six rhymed stanzas in which two lines are repeated in a prescribed pattern
Term
Visual Imagery
Definition
A word or sequence of words that refers to the sense of sight or presents something one may see.
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