General
Does "reading" (in ENGL 102) refer to only the physical act of reading? T or F?
False! reading refers both to the physical act of reading AND to the process of determining the effects produced in and by a work of creative writing.
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Is form a synonym for genre?
No
What is a genre?
What does a narrative poem do?
Tell its story
Which of the following is not a characteristic of form?
line length, stanzas, sounds, imagery, repetitions, rhyme, breaks, punctuation
Does "critical analysis" mean we're being negative about the work? Yes or No
No! Critical here refers to the business of determining what particular effects are produced in and by a work of creative writing and how they are produced.
What are the three genres of poetry?
Narrative, dramatic, and lyric
Does the order of formal characteristics within a poem matter?
Yes! The order and organization can enhance or change the idea being expressed
What is meant by "analysis"?
"yhe process of taking something apart into its constituent elements in order to determine how particular effects are produced."
What do we call repetition at the beginning of a line of poetry or a series of sentences or phrases?
Anaphora
Is thinking about the poem's language and considering the poem's form and two totally unrelated tasks?
No - to attend to the language is to attend to the form.
What are the three main genres of in English?
Poetry, drama, and fiction/narrative
What are the three major ideas of lyric poetry?
Short, subjective, and conveys one main idea or emotions
No - moving away from figuring out the theme and working toward illuminating how a text operates