Poetry terms
A combination of sounds that creates a discordant effect
What is cacophony?
The use of ridicule to show weakness in order to make a point/teach.
What is satire?
a basic comparison of two generally unlike things that produced insight
Metaphor
The time and place of an action. It can also include social statuses,historical period, weather, and details about immediate surroundings to provide a backdrop and create a certain tone.
What is the setting?
Was compared to an elevator with no doors
who was Moira in Handmaid's tale?
the repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of each line
What is Anaphora?
When the author attempts to educate or instruct the reader
What is didactic?
some significant aspect or detail of an experience is used to represent the whole experience (the use of something closely related for the thing actually meant)
What is Metonomy?
The protagonist, antagonist and foil are all examples of this.
What are character types?
His fear of death leads him to create National Suicide day
Shadrock
a deliberate pause, break, or pivot within a line typically marked by punctuation
What is caesura?
No slang, no contractions, and no idioms; serious in purpose and convention
What is formal diction?
a short quotation or verse that precedes a poem (or any text) to set the tone, provide a setting, or give other context for the poem
What is an epigram?
A Figure of speech where an object, person or situation has another meaning other than its literal meaning. The event, character or object tend to have a deeper meaning.
What is a symbol?
In running away from his father he took on the name of Poor Tom
edgar from King Lear
A short Moral story
What is an allegory?
Brief and to the point or using few words.
What is terse?
what figurative language is used? “The night sky was black as ebony in the dark.”
What is simile?
the feeling created in the reader by a literary work which is suggested by descriptive details and diction.
What is mood?
Practical and in need of a husband, she married Mr. Collins.
Charlotte Lucas
substituting the name of a feature for the name of the thing
What is Metonymy?
To have or show great knowledge or learning?
What is erudite?
Words like: cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom (sounds like what they describe)
What is onomatopoeia?
The main message, providing insight that is revealed through a literary work. A long literary work may have several.
What is theme?
He eats far more cucumber sandwiches than is polite.
Who is Algernon in the The Importance of Being Ernest?