a literary work that ridicules vices, stupidities and follies
What is Satire?
200
Also known as the author's purpose. Usuall yconveyed in a sentence.
What is a specific theme?
200
expresses personal feelings
usually written in present tense
What is Lyrical Poetry?
200
Your enemy’s friend is your enemy.
I am nobody.
“What a pity that youth must be wasted on the young.” – George Bernard Shaw
Wise fool
Truth is honey which is bitter.
“I can resist anything but temptation.” Oscar Wilde
What is a paradox?
200
to think, ponder or meditate
What is "to reflect"?
200
is often bitter or hurtful words toward others
What is Sarcasm?
300
figurative meanings
figurative setting
connotative words
imagery and other figurative devices
What are elements of analysis?
300
conveys its hidden message through symbolic figures, actions, imagery and/or events
What is Allegorical Poetry?
300
"Blessed are you whose worthiness gives scope,
Being had, to triumph; being lacked, to hope."
What is a Couplet?
300
something that is suggested and assumed to be understood. For example: In the short story "Boys and Girls" because the boy is given a name and the girl is not, the importance of the boy is suggested
What is Imply?
300
formal and inform word choices
What is Diction?
400
When a word means more than its dictionary definition.
Example: "mulish type" suggests animalish, a base animal
What is connotation?
400
set to music
similar to love songs
mediival background- story
What is a Ballad?
400
"When Moses led the Hebrews out of Egypt,
Thats my kind of story, Exodus..."
What is Allusion?
400
In a Reflective Topic, a synonym for the bolded word:
“Discuss the ideas developed regarding the impact adversity has upon oneself and others.
What is Response?
400
a 16 lined poem that contains a specific rhyme scheme
What is a Sonnet?
500
Poetry line: "I want to let his garden die..."
Garden means a place of plants versus
Garden means growth
What is literal versus figurative?
500
I am alone
In this crowd of empty faces
I have dreamed of many places
To call home
I am broken
There's no chance of fixing me
Who would listen to my plea
It's best unspoke
What is an Elegy?
500
from "Diary of a Piano-Tuner's Wife":
So only meanness every now and then
Is strong enough to make him stop and feel"
What is Irony?
500
the arrival at a conclusion through evidence
What is an Inference?
500
an element(like an incident, device or formula) that occurs frequently and purposefully throughout a text