Term 1: Literary and Poetic Devices, Quizzes of Poetry

Download Term 1: Literary and Poetic Devices and more Quizzes Poetry in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 Allegory DEFINITION 1 Allegory is a figurative mode of representation conveying a meaning other than the literal. TERM 2 Alliteration DEFINITION 2 You repeat the same consonant sound at the beginning of several words in close succession. Aaron ate apples all autumn. TERM 3 Allusion DEFINITION 3 An allusion is a figure of speech that makes a reference to, or representation of, a place, event, literary work, myth, or work of art, either directly or by implication. TERM 4 Assonance DEFINITION 4 Assonance is refrain of vowel sounds to create internal rhyming within phrases or sentences, and together with alliteration and consonance serves as one of the building blocks of verse. TERM 5 Catharsis DEFINITION 5 it generally refers to an emotional result that derives from strong feelings such as great sorrow, fear, pity, laughter, or any other extreme change in emotion TERM 6 Chorus DEFINITION 6 A chorus line is a substantial group of dancers who together perform synchronized routines, usually in musical theatre. TERM 7 Climax DEFINITION 7 In general, a climax (from the Greek word -- (klimax) meaning -staircase- and -ladder-) is a point of greatest intensity or force in an ascending series; i.e., a culmination. TERM 8 Conflict DEFINITION 8 Conflict is actual or perceived opposition of needs, values and interests. TERM 9 conventional symbol DEFINITION 9 Conventional symbols have meanings that are widely recognized by a society or culture. The cross, star of david, etc. TERM 10 connotation DEFINITION 10 Connotation is a subjective cultural and/or emotional coloration in addition to the explicit or denotative meaning of any specific word or phrase in a TERM 21 point of view DEFINITION 21 A position from which something is observed or considered in a story. TERM 22 genre DEFINITION 22 A genre (, also ; from French, , "kind" or "sort", from Latin: (stem gener-), Greek: genos, ) is a loose set of criteria for a category of composition; the term is often used to categorize literature and speech, but is also used for any other form of art or utterance. TERM 23 hubris DEFINITION 23 Hubris (/hjubrs/) (ancient Greek ) is a term used in modern English to indicate overweening pride, haughtiness, or arrogance, often resulting in fatal retribution or Nemesis. We read Oedipus.. maybe a good example of this? TERM 24 octave DEFINITION 24 A group of eight lines of poetry, especially the first eight lines of a Petrarchan sonnet. Also called octet. TERM 25 omniscient narrator DEFINITION 25 all-knowing narrator TERM 26 paradox DEFINITION 26 A paradox is a statement or group of statements that leads to a contradiction or a situation which defies intuition. TERM 27 paraphrase DEFINITION 27 Paraphrase () is restatement of a text or passages, using other words. TERM 28 petrachan sonnet DEFINITION 28 The point here is that the poem is divided into two sections by the two differing rhyme groups. In accordance with the principle (which supposedly applies to all rhymed poetry but often doesn't), a change from one rhyme group to another signifies a change in subject matter. TERM 29 quatrain DEFINITION 29 A Quatrain is a stanza of poetry consisting of four lines. TERM 30 rhetorical situation DEFINITION 30 the triangle created by the speaker/writer, the audience, and the occasion; affects what is said or written TERM 31 rising action DEFINITION 31 The rising action, in the narrative of a work of fiction, follows the exposition and leads up to the climax. TERM 32 sestet DEFINITION 32 A sestet is the name given to the second division of an Italian sonnet (as opposed to an English or Spenserian Sonnet), which must consist of an octave, of eight lines, succeeded by a sestet, of six lines. TERM 33 setting DEFINITION 33 Where a story takes place TERM 34 similie DEFINITION 34 A simile is a figure of speech comparing two unlike things, often introduced with the word "like" or "as". TERM 35 sonnet DEFINITION 35 A 14-line verse form usually having one of several conventional rhyme schemes. A poem in this form.