Intro to Literary Studies Quiz 1
Personification
the giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea
Speaker
the voice of the poem, not necessarily the poet as the speaker
anapest
unstressed, unstressed, stressed (u u /) "I must FInish my JOURney aLONE"
free verse
no prominent rhythm or rhyme
spondee
stressed, stressed / / "Cry, Cry! Troy Burns, or else let Helen go"
trochee
stressed, unstressed / U "Double, double toil and trouble"
dactyl
stressed, unstressed, unstressed / / U "HU-man-ly"
Diction
the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.
scan
the process of analyzing a poem's meter
tenor
the subject of a metaphor (what is getting re-imagined)
Lyric
a short poem of songlike quality
Conceit
a figure of speech in which two vastly different objects are likened together with the help of similes or metaphors
Metaphor
a figure of speech that makes an implicit, implied, or hidden comparison between two things that are unrelated, but which share some common characteristics
Stanza
a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem
masculine ending
a line that ends with a stressed syllable
feminine ending
a line that ends with an extra unstressed syllable
End-stopped
a line with a pause at the end. Lines that end with a period, a comma, a colon, a semicolon, an exclamation point, or a question mark are end-stopped lines.
dramatic monologue
a poem in the form of a speech or narrative by an imagined person, in which the speaker inadvertently reveals aspects of their character while describing a particular situation or series of events.
Sonnet
a poem of fourteen lines written in iambic parameters and includes a volta, or a specific turn... 2 types: English + Italian
Quatrain
a stanza of four lines
Genre
a type of art, literature, or music characterized by a specific form, content, and style
syllable
a unit of pronunciation having one vowel sound, with or without surrounding consonants, forming the whole or a part of a word
Iamb
an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable U / U / U / U / "the ROAD not TAKEN"
Allusion
brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance
Hyperbole
extreme exaggeration for effect and not meant to be taken literally
tetrameter
4 feet per line
pentameter
5 feet per line
hexameter
6 feet per line
Sestet
6 line stanza
Octave
8 line stanza
Simile
A comparison of two unlike things using like or as
Metonymy
A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it
Oxymoron
A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.
Litotes
A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite
Foot
A metrical unit composed of stressed and unstressed syllables.
Caesura
A natural pause or break in a line of poetry, usually near the middle of the line.
Enjambment
A run-on line of poetry in which logical and grammatical sense carries over from one line into the next.
verse
A single line of poetry
Rhythm
A strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound.
Apostrophe
A writer or speaker, using apostrophe, speaks directly to someone who is not present or is dead, or speaks to an inanimate object.
alternating stress meter
Alternating from stressed to unstressed to stressed etc.
poem/poetry
Collection of spoken or written words that expresses ideas or emotions in a powerfully vivid imaginative style
Persona
Greek for "mask." The face or character that a speaker shows to his or her audience.
Irony
Intended meaning is different than actual meaning of words used
ekphrastic poem
Poem written about a visual piece of art
blank verse
Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
Repetition
Repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis
accentual stress meter
Repetition of the internal sound of a word "Sea, Meets"
Syntax
The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
vehicle
The immediate image in a metaphor that compares to the simile
Tone
The implied attitude of a writer toward the subject and characters of a work
Voice
The real or assumed personality used by a writer or speaker.
Cadence
The rising and falling of the voice when reading a literary piece
Volta
The turning point in a sonnet
Imagery
To use figurative language to represent objects, actions and ideas in such a way that it appeals to our physical senses
Couplet
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
Line
Unit of language into which a poem or play is divided. Ends for a reason other than the right-hand margin
pyrrhic
Unstressed unstressed (uu) "to a green thought in a green shade"
