Shared Flashcard Set

Details

Poetry ANB 3rd
VL8
64
English
10th Grade
05/10/2011

Additional English Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term
Allusion
Definition
*A passing or casual reference
*An incidental mention of something
Term
Alliteration
Definition
*The commencement of two or more stressed syllables of a word group either with the same consonant sound or sound group
Term
Anapest
Definition
*A foot of three syllables, two short followed by one long in quantitative meter, and two unstressed followed by one stressed in accentual meter, as in for the nonce
Term
Assonance
Definition
*Resemblance of sounds
Term
Ballad
Definition
*Any light, simple song, especially one of sentimental or romantic character, having two or more stanzas all sung to the same melody.
Term
Blank Verse
Definition
*Unrhymed verse, especially the unrhymed iambic pentameter most frequently used in English dramatic, epic, and reflective verse
Term
Connotation
Definition
*The associated or secondary meaning of a word or expression in addition to its explicit or primary meaning
Term
Consonance
Definition
*Accord or agreement
Term
Couplet
Definition
*A pair of successive lines of verse, especially a pair that rhyme and are of the same length
Term
Dactyl
Definition
*A foot of three syllables, one long followed by two short in quantitative meter, or one stressed followed by two unstressed in accentual meter, as in gently and humanly
Term
Denotation
Definition
*The explicit or direct meaning or set of meanings of a word or expression, as distinguished from the ideas or meanings associated with it or suggested by it
Term
Diction
Definition
*Style of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words
Term
Elegy
Definition
*A mournful, melancholy, or plaintive poem, especially a funeral song or a lament for the dead
Term
Epic
Definition
*A heroic; majestic; impressively great poem
Term
Figurative Language
Definition
*Speech or writing that departs from literal meaning in order to achieve a special effect or meaning
Term
Foot
Definition
*Any part similar in position or function
Term
Free Verse
Definition
*Verse that does not follow a fixed metrical pattern
Term
Haiku
Definition
*A major form of Japanese verse, written in 17 syllables divided into 3 lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables, and employing highly evocative allusions and comparisons, often on the subject of nature or one of the seasons
Term
Hyperbole
Definition
*Obvious and intentional exaggeration
Term
Iambic
Definition
*A foot of two syllables, a short followed by a long in quantitative meter, or an unstressed followed by a stressed in accentual meter
Term
Iambic Pentameter
Definition
*A common meter in poetry consisting of an unrhymed line with five feet or accents, each foot containing an unaccented syllable and an accented syllable
Term
Image
Definition
*A physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible
Term
Imagery
Definition
*The formation of mental picture, figures, or likenesses of things, or of such pictures collectively
Term
Irony
Definition
*The use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning
Term
Limerick
Definition
*A kind of humorous verse of five lines, in which the first, second, and fifth lines rhyme with each other, and the third and fourth lines, which are shorter, form a rhymed couplet
Term
Lyric Poem
Definition
*A short poem of songlike quality
Term
Direct Metaphor
Definition
*it is a comparison to two things with out using "like" or "as" that "directly states something is another such as
Term
Extended Metaphor
Definition
*Extended through a stanza or entire poem, often by multiple comparisons of unlike objects or ideas
Term
Implied Metaphor
Definition
*A subtle comparison; the terms being compared are not so specific
Term
Meter
Definition
*Poetic measure; arrangement of words in regularly measured, patterned, or rhythmic lines or verses
Term
Narrative Poem
Definition
*A poem that tells a story and has a plot
Term
Octave
Definition
*The interval between two musical notes one of which has twice the pitch of the other and lies eight notes away from it counting inclusively along the diatonic scale
Term
Ode
Definition
*A lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion
Term
Onomatopoeia
Definition
*The formation of a word, as cuckoo or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent
Term
Persona
Definition
*The narrator of or a character in a literary work, sometimes identified with the author
Term
Personification
Definition
*The attribution of a personal nature or character to inanimate objects or abstract notions, especially as a rhetorical figure
Term
Quatrain
Definition
*A stanza or poem of four lines, usually with alternate rhymes
Term
Refrain
Definition
*To abstain from an impulse to say or do something
Term
Approximate Rhyme
Definition
*A term used for words in a rhyming pattern that have some kind of sound correspondence but are not perfect rhymes
Term
Exact Rhyme
Definition
*A perfect rhyme, like goat and boat
Term
End Rhyme
Definition
*rhyme of the terminal syllables of lines of poetry.
Term
Internal Rhyme
Definition
*A rhyme created by two or more words in the same line of verse
Term
Half Rhyme
Definition
*Slant rhyme
Term
Off Rhyme
Definition
*Slant rhyme
Term
Slant or Imperfect Rhyme
Definition
*Rhyme in which either the vowels or the consonants of stressed syllables are identical
Term
Rhyme Scheme
Definition
*The pattern of rhymes used in a poem, usually marked by letters to symbolize correspondences, as rhyme royal
Term
Rhythm
Definition
*Movement or procedure with uniform or patterned recurrence of a beat, accent, or the like
Term
Run-on Line
Definition
*A line which has no natural speech pause at its end, allowing the sense to flow uninterruptedly into the succeeding line.
Term
Sestet
Definition
*The last six lines of a sonnet in the Italian form, considered as a unit
Term
Sestina
Definition
*A poem of six six-line stanzas and a three-line envoy, originally without rhyme, in which each stanza repeats the end words of the lines of the first stanza, but in different order, the envoy using the six words again, three in the middle of the lines and three at the end
Term
Simile
Definition
*A figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared
Term
Sonnet
Definition
*A poem, properly expressive of a single, complete thought, idea, or sentiment, of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter, with rhymes arranged according to one of certain definite schemes, being in the strict or Italian form divided into a major group of 8 lines (the octave) followed by a minor group of 6 lines (the sestet), and in a common English form into 3 quatrains followed by a couplet
Term
Shakespearean or English sonnet
Definition
*A sonnet form used by Shakespeare and having the rhyme scheme
Term
Petrarchan or Italian sonnet
Definition
*A sonnet form popularized by Petrarch, consisting of an octave with the rhyme scheme abbaabba and of a sestet with one of several rhyme schemes
Term
Spondee
Definition
*A foot of two syllables, both of which are long in quantitative meter or stressed in accentual meter
Term
Stanza
Definition
*An arrangement of a certain number of lines, usually four or more, sometimes having a fixed length, meter, or rhyme scheme, forming a division of a poem
Term
Style
Definition
*A particular, distinctive, or characteristic mode of action or manner of acting
Term
Symbol
Definition
*Something used for or regarded as representing something else; a material object representing something, often something immaterial; emblem, token, or sign
Term
Tercet
Definition
*A group of three lines rhyming together or connected by rhyme with the adjacent group or groups of three lines
Term
Theme
Definition
*A subject of discourse, discussion, meditation, or composition; topic
Term
Theme
Definition
*A subject of discourse, discussion, meditation, or composition; topic
Term
Title
Definition
*The distinguishing name of a book, poem, picture, piece of music, or the like
Term
Tone
Definition
*Quality or character of sound
Term
Trochee
Definition
*A foot of two syllables, a long followed by a short in quantitative meter, or a stressed followed by an unstressed in accentual meter
Supporting users have an ad free experience!