Unit 1 Poems
What is the first line in the poem "What do Women Want"
by Kim Addonizio
"I want a red dress."
Symbols recognized only within a particular culture or country.
Cultural Symbols
A particular way a region or group of people speak
Dialect
The repetition of the same consonant sounds in words.
What is Alliteration
Rhetorical device used to compare two things using "like" or "as" or "than."
Simile
True or False: "My Papa's Waltz" features a little girl and her alcoholic father.
False
Symbols that almost everyone, no matter where they live or what their background, can recognize.
Universal Symbols
The dictionary or literal meaning of a word
Denotation
The repetition of the same vowel sounds in words.
Assonance
Poetry is written in what general format/structure?
Lines & Stanzas
Finish the Stanza.
And Richard Cory, one calm summer night
Went home and "".
"put a bullet through his head."
What type of Imagery provides descriptions of sound so vivid the reader seems almost to hear them while reading the poem.
Auditory imagery
When the opposite of what is expected happens or is said.
Irony
BOOM BAP BAM
Onomatopoeia
This British author is known for writing the seven-book series about a young wizard named Harry Potter.
Who is J.K Rowling
Maya Angelou
The arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables into repeating patterns within lines of poetry.
Meter
The attitude the author takes toward a theme or subject and the mood created in the work.
Tone
Rhyme that occurs at the end of the lines.
End Rhyme
Japanese form of poetry that often consists of three stanzas with lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables respectively.
What is haiku
Who is the Author of "Harlem"
Hint: Best known as a leader of the Harlem Renaissance.
Langston Hughes
Name Three Literary Approaches
Biographical Approach/
Sociological Approach
Moral/Intellectual Approach
Historical Approach
Economic Determinist/Marxist Approach
Feminist Approach
Gender Approach
Psychological Approach
Mythic Approach
What type of diction is featured below?
"Shes just a goodie-two-shoes!"
Connotation
Sound Effect when words create a harmonious or melodic sound.
Euphony
A closely related term substituted for an object or idea
Metonymy