poetry quiz 3

Robert Frost's "Out Out" is an allusion to

Macbeth

____ is chiefly humorous or witty but may also have a powerful emotional effect

allusion

_______ a means of reinforcing the emotions or ideas of one's work with the emotions or ideas of another work

allusion

a reference to something in history or previous literature;a richly connotative word or symbol, a means of suggesting far more than it says

allusion

dramatic irony may be used not only to convey ___ but also to illuminate character. The author who uses it is indirectly commenting on not only the values of the ideas but the nature of the person who utters them. such comment may be harsh, gently, mocking, or sympathetic

attitudes

Sature is

cruel and kind

Sarcasm is

crule

The term irony always implies some sort of ____ or ____

discrepancy, congruity

the discrepancy is not between what the speaker says and what the speaker means but between what the speaker says and what the poem means. This form is more complex than verbal

dramatic irony

_____ irony and ______ irony are powerful devices for poetry like symbol they enable a poem to suggest meaning without stating them-to communicate a great deal more than it said

dramatic, situational

The user of ___ must be very skillfull in its use conveying by an altered tone, or by a wink of the eye or pen that __ is intended

irony

____ is most delightful and most effective when it is subtlest. It sets up a special understanding between writer and reader that may add either grace or force. If used effectively it is capable of adding extra dimensions to meaning

irony

like paradox _____ has meanings that extend beyond its use merely as a figure of speech

irony

____ and ____ may degenerate into mere mannerism and mental habit and their worst and greatly extend the dimensions of meaning of literature at their best

irony, paradox

In verbal irony the discrepancy is between what is said and what is ___. In other forms it may be between appearance and reality, or expectation and fulfilment

meant

To use allusion poets assume a certain common fund of literary experience most frequent classical ___, __ , or ____

mythology, shakespeare, bible (KJV)

If irony is misunderstood the reader goes away with an idea exactly the ___ of what the user meant to convey

opposite

You do not expect to be taken literally; you are merely adding emphasis to what you really mean

overstatement or hyperbole

exaggeration but exaggeration in the service of truth

overstatement or hyperbole

An _____ may be humorous or grave, fanciful or restrained, convincing or unconvincing

overstatement/hyperbole

an apparent contradiction that is nevertheless somehow true

paradox

Aesop's tale of the traveler illustrates a ____ situation

paradoxial

it is ___ that one can emphasize a truth either by overstatement or understatement

paradoxial

in a ______ the contradiction usually stems from one of the words being used figuratively or with more than one denotation

paradoxial statement

Allusions vary widely in the burden put on them by the ____ to convey meaning

poet

simply bitter or cutting speech, intended to wound feelings (greek for cutting of the flesh)

sarcasm

a more formal term usually applies to written literature rather than to speech and ordinarily implying a higher motive (either bitter or gentle) with the purpose of bringing about reform

satire

The value of a paradox is its _____ value. Its seeming impossibility startles the reader into attention and by the fact of its apparent absurdity, underscores the truth of what is being said

shock

Only in verbal irony's _____ form foes it mean only the opposite of what is said

simplest

a paradox may be either a ____ or a _____

situation, statement

occurs when a discrepancy exists between the actual circumstances and those that would seem appropriate or between what one anticipates and what actually comes to pass

situational irony

as a figure of speech paradox is a _____

statement

unskillfully used, overstatement may seem _____ and ridiculous

strained

saying less than one means, may exist in what one says or merely in how one says it. Stating less than the truth of stating what is literally true but with a good deal less force than the situation warrants

understatement

says the opposite of what one means

verbal irony

"damn with faint praise" is an example of

verbal paradox