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Engl 2300 Test 2 - Poetry
Poetry and literary terms
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Literature
Undergraduate 2
10/25/2012

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Tone
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Mood or manner of expression in a literary work which conveys an attitude toward the works subject.
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Metaphor
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A statement that one thing is something else, which, in a literal sense, it is not. Creates a close association between the two entities and underscores some important similarity between them.
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Simile
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A comparison of two things, indicated by some connective, usually like, as, or than, or a verb such as resembles. A simile usually compares two things that initially seem unlike but are shown to have a significant resemblance.
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Irony
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a manner of speaking that implies a discrepancy
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Allusion
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an indirect reference to any person, place, or thing- fictitious, historical, or actual
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Image
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a word or series of words that refers to any sensory experience; its a direct or literal recreation physical experience and adds immediacy to literary language
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Personification
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a figure of speech in which a thing, an animal, or an abstract tern is made human
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Hyperbole/overstatement
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exaggeration used to emphasize a point
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Understatement
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an ironic figure of speech that deliberately describes something in a way that is less than the case
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paradox
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a statement that at first strikes one as self contradictory, but that on reflection reveals some deeper sense.
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Onomatopoeia
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words that sound like what they mean "buzz"
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alliteration
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repetition of initial consonant sounds "mini mouse"
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assonance
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repetition of vowel sounds "murmuring of innumerable bees"
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Consonance
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repetition of consonant sounds "blank think strong string"
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Allegory
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A narrative in verse or prose in which the literal events (person, places, things) consistently point to a parallel sequence of symbolic ideas.
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Archetype
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A recurring symbol, character, landscape, or event found in myth and literature across different cultures and eras.
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Ballad
Definition
a song that tells a story
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Blank Verse
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The most common and well-known meter of unrhymed poetry in English. Contains 5 iambic feet per line and is never rhymed.
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dramatic monologue
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A poem written as a speech made by a character at some decisive moment.
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figure of speech
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an expression or comparison that relies not on its literal meaning, but rather on its connotation and suggestions.
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lyric
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A short poem expressing the thoughts and feelings of a single speaker. Often written in the first person, lyric poetry traditionally has a songlike immediacy and emotional force.
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meter
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A recurrent, regular, rhythmic pattern in verse. Stresses recur at fixed intervals.
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myth
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traditional narrative of anonymous authorship that arises out of a cultures oral tradition.
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octave
Definition
stanza of 8 lines
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sonnet
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14 lines, popular for love poetry
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stanza
Definition
basic organizational principle, a reoccurring pattern of 2 or more lines of verse
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symbol
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person, place, or thing that suggests meanings beyond its literal sense.
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Analogy
Definition
comparison of one thing to another
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Antagonist
Definition
character in opposition to the protagonist
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Climax
Definition
changing point, time of greatest intensity
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