Poetry Chaps. 1-5 Vocab

Lakukan tugas rumah & ujian kamu dengan baik sekarang menggunakan Quizwiz!

Carpe Diem

"seize the day"

Oxymoron

Condensed form of paradox in which two contradictory words are used together

Allusion

a brief cultural reference to a person, place, event, or idea in history or literature

Jargon

a category of language defined by a trade or profession

theme

a central idea or meaning

Synecdoche

a figure of speech in which part of something is used to signify the whole

Metonymy

a figure of speech in which something closely associated with a subject is substituted for it

an epic

a long narrative poem on a serious subject chronicling heroic deeds and important events

narrative poem

a poem that tells a story

Diction

a poet's choice of words

Paraphrase

a prose restatement of the central ideas of a poem in your own language

Persona

a speaker created by the poet

Paradox

a statement that initially appears to be self contradictory, but turns out to make sense

verse

a term used for lines composed in a measured rhythmical pattern, which are sometimes rhymed

Dramatic Monologue

a type of poem in which a character-the speaker-addresses a silent audience in such a way as to reveal unintentionally some aspect of his or her temperament or personality

Ambiguity

allows for 2 or more simultaneous interpretations of a word, phrase, action, or situation, all of which can be supported by the context of a word

Movement

an important theme when constructing a poem meant to create and image

Dialect

another form of informal diction. Dialects are spoken by definable groups of people from a particular geographic region, economic group, or social class

Apostrophe

another rhetorical figure of speech which is an address to either someone who is absent and therefore cannot hear the speaker, or to something non-human that cannot comprehend

Connotations

associations and implications that go beyond a word's literal meaning. Connotations derive from how the word has been used and the associations people make with it. They are derived fro their resonance from a person's experiences with a word.

Figures of Speech

broadly define as a way of saying one thing in terms of something else

Figures of Speech

broadly defined as a way of saying one thing in terms of something else

extended metaphor

compares

Formal Diction

consists of a dignified, impersonal, and elevated use of language

implied metaphor

does not explicitly identify something-instead hints at, or alludes to something

overstatement or hyperbole

exaggeration, adds emphasis without intending to be literally true

Sentimentality

exploits the reader by introducing responses that exceed what the situation warrents

cliché

ideas or expressions that have become tired and trite from overuse

Colloquially

language in a conversational manner

Image

language that addresses the senses

Metaphor

makes a comparison between two unlike thing without using like or as

Simile

makes an explicit comparison between 2 things using like, as, than, appears, or seems

Informal Diction

more colloquial/conversational

Adaptation

moves beyond denotative meanings in an attempt to capture the spirit of a work so that its idioms, dialects, slang, and other conventions are recreated in the language of the creation

understatement

opposite figure of speech to exaggeration, says less than intended

Literal Translation

sets out to create a word-for-word equivalent that is absolutely faithful to the original

Middle Diction

spoken by most educated people

Personification

the attribution of human characteristics to a non-human thing

Denotations

the literal, dictionary meanings of a word

Syntax

the ordering of words into meaningful verbal patterns

Poetic Diction

the use of elevated language rather than ordinary language

Tone

the writer's attitude toward the subject, the mood created by all the elements in a poem

lyric

usually a brief poem that expresses the personal emotions and thoughts of a single speaker

controlling metaphor

where comparisons are at work throughout an entire poem

anagrams

words made from the letters of other words (ex. read & dare)


Set pelajaran terkait

APUSH Chapter 11-13 w/Amira's Edits

View Set

Copyright for Educators: Legal and Ethical Use

View Set

Ch 38: Mental Health Assessment of Older Adults

View Set

Chapter 9: Business Intelligence Systems

View Set