Terms 4
Near rhyme where ending consonant sounds are the same but not the vowels
What is slant rhyme?
Aesop wrote these
What are fables?
Poem about a death
What is elegy?
Single rhythmic unit such as prepositional phrases
What is cadence?
seven-line stanza
What is septet?
Workings of the human mind as it goes from one subject to another
What is stream of consciousness?
20th c. movement in poetry
What is Imagism?
Similar to dead metaphors; overused
What is a cliche?
Story about Ben Franklin paying too much for his whistle is an example of this
What is an anecdote?
"Come live with me and be my love," said the Shepherd.
What is pastoral?
Marked by imagination, supernatural and emotions
What is Romanticism?
Pentagon announced new regulations for the troops.
What is metonymy?
Short witty poem composed of couplets; usually makes a humorous or satiric point
What is an epigram?
Repetition of the same vowel sounds
What is assonance?
"Uncut hair of graves" is an example of these two terms
What are personification and metaphor?
Rebirth of Greek and Roman classics
What is Renaissance?
The Pearl by John Steinbeck; Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway are examples of this
What is novella?
Cinderella's fairy godmother suddenly repairs all problems
What is deus ex machina?
A drunk driver who hits a child volunteers at a children's shelter.
What is situational irony or catharsis?
Grave men near death
What is pun?
Villanelle has 19 lines composed of five __ and an ending ___.
What are tercets and quatrain?
My life closed twice before its close
What is paradox?
Word by word analysis of a literary work
What is explication?
The gel oozed and slopped out of the drain.
What is cacophony?
Because your father gulped and died; Do not weep; War is kind
What is irony?