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Prose and Poetry
26
Literature
9th Grade
03/03/2010

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Assonance
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The repetition of vowel sounds usually internally rather than intially. ex. "godly eyes like sapphires shining bright"
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Bathos
Definition
deliberate anticlimax to make a definite point or draw attention to a falseness.
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Caesura
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the pause, marked by punctuation(/) or not within the line. pause for thought.
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Conceits
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very elaborate comparisons between unlikely objects.
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Diction
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the word for word choice. formal or informal language.
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Enjambent
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the running-on of a one line of poetry into another
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Consonance
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similar to slant rhyme-the repetition of consonant sounds without vowels sound repeated
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Hyperbole
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refers to a large overstatement often to draw attention to a mark of beauty or virtue or action that the poet disagrees with. ex. "a marriage" of blood withi a flea
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Irony
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discrepancy between what is said and what is meant. ex. a ball that doesn't bounce
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Metonymy
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the name for something closely related to it which then takes on a larger meaning. ex. you can't go home again" referring to you can't go back to your roots
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Oxymoron
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a form of paradox in which contradictory words are next to each other. ex. jumbo shrimp
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Paradox
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A situation or action or feeling that appears to be contradictory but on inspection turns out to be true. ex. the pen is mightier than the sword. Loose lips sink ships
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Pun
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a play on words for sarcastic or humerous effect. ex. I wanted to date her but she had too many hangups..
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Sarcasm
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when verbal irony is too harsh it moves into the sarcastic realm. ex. can the king really rule the kingdom if he can't even rule his wife.
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Synedoche
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when part of an object is used to represent the entire thing or vice versa. ex. can you give me a hand. help not body part.
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Tone
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the voice or attitude of the speaker ex. sad, angry, lonely. * not necessarily the poet
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Dramatic monologues
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poems that address another person who remains silent
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Form
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pattern or design of poem
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closed form
Definition
lines can be counted and shape recognized
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open form
Definition
no ryhme meter or reason to it
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Sonnet
Definition
14 lines Petrarchan/Italian or shakespearean or English
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Petrarchan Sonnet
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two groups: 1. 8 (otave) + 6 (sestet) rhyme scheme is abbaabba-cdecde
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Shakespearean Sonnet
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3 groups of 4 lines (quantrains) and a couplet 2 rhyming lines abab cdcd efef gg
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Heroic couplet
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a couplet written in iambic pentameter
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Ballad
Definition
a simple poem, a story in a song,
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Stanza
Definition
4 lines that rhyme and abcb lines 1 and 3 have 8 syllables and lines 2 and 4 and 6
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