Chapter 1
Language that suggests concepts, ideas, generalizations
Abstract language
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of two or more nearby words
Alliteration
When a particular word, phrase, line, sentence, or grammatical structure is repeated multiple times in a written work
Repetition
What does the tree symbolize?
Wrath/anger
The American Flag is an example of...
a. literary symbol
b. personification
c. conventional symbol
d. dead metaphor
e. cliche
f. tone
g. subject
c. conventional symbol
Language that describe particular, tangible, specific, and/or sensory things
Concrete Language
A metaphor comparing something inanimate to human traits or characteristics
Personification
A symbol which takes on meaning in the context of a poem or artistic work
Literary symbol
What does the tree's growth symbolize?
The anger getting more intense
In Sandra Day O'Conner's 2004 Stanford Commencement Address, is "bridge building" a metaphor or a symbol or both?
Both. Explain?
Figurative Language
The attitude of the poem in general, or, of the speaker towards the poem's subject
Tone
A line of poetry which ends with no punctuation, and before a thought is complete
Enjambed line/Enjambment
What does the apple symbolize?
A poem in the form of a letter directly addressed to "Winter," the season, would be an example of...
a. Alliteration
b. Personification
c. Simile
d. Dead metaphor
b. Personification
A comparison of two unlike, dissimilar, or unexpected things
Metaphor
A concrete detail that invites the reader to engage their senses or appeals to at least one (and likely more!) senses
Image/Imagery
A symbol widely recognized by a group, community, culture, society, etc.
Conventional symbol
What abstract concepts are mentioned in stanzas 1 and 2?
Anger, wrath, deceit
The line from Beowulf, "fastened those claws in his fists till they cracked, clutched Grendel closer..." is an example of...
a. Alliteration
b. Extended metaphor
c. Simile
d. Dead metaphor
a. Alliteration
A group of similar or associated images which all related to one another
Family of images
The topic, main idea, abstract concept of a poem overall
Subject
A stanza composed of 3 lines
Tercet
Name two concrete images in the poem "A Poison Tree."
Tree, apple, garden, watering with tears, sunning with smiles, plant growth, tree growing day and night, darkness, night covering the sky, enemy dead beneath the tree
What is the difference between a symbol and a metaphor?
A metaphor is a comparison of A=B, while a symbol expresses a range of meaning