Download Term 1: Literary and Poetic Devices and more Quizzes Poetry in PDF only on Docsity!
Allegory
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
Chorus
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
epiphany
An epiphany (from the ancient Greek "-", epiphaneia, - manifestation, striking appearance-) is the sudden realization or comprehension of the (larger) essence or meaning of something. TERM 17
explication
DEFINITION 17 The idea and practice of explication is rooted in the verb , which concerns the process of "unfolding" and of "making clear" the meaning of things, so as to make the implicit explicit. TERM 18
falling action
DEFINITION 18 The Falling action is the part of a story, usually found in tragedies and short stories, following the climax and showing the effects of the catastrophe). TERM 19
figure of speech
DEFINITION 19 A figure of speech is a use of a word that diverges from its normal meaning, or a phrase with a specialized meaning not based on the literal meaning of the words in it such as a metaphor, simile, or personification. TERM 20
figure of speech
DEFINITION 20 A figure of speech is a use of a word that diverges from its normal meaning, or a phrase with a specialized meaning not based on the literal meaning of the words in it such as a metaphor, simile, or personification.
point of view
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
rising action
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.
speaker
the person talking in a poem TERM 37
stanza
DEFINITION 37 In lyrics, a stanza is a unit within a larger poem. TERM 38
static character
DEFINITION 38 a literary character who remains basically unchanged throughout a work ... TERM 39
stock character
DEFINITION 39 A stock character is a stereotype. TERM 40
stream of consciousness
DEFINITION 40 Stream of consciousness refers to the flow of thoughts in the conscious mind.
