Sonnets
This dude wrote 154 sonnets.
Who is Shakespeare?
An extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a legendary or traditional hero.
What is an epic poem?
What is the use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to?
Onomatopoeia
A literary or artistic work that imitates the characteristic style of an author or a work for comic effect or ridicule. i.e. Saturday Night Live, Mad TV, or Weird Al Yankovic.
What is parody?
Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive lines or phrases.
What is anaphora?
How many lines does a sonnet have?
14
Type of verse that contains a variety of line lengths, is unrhymed, and lacks traditional meter.
What is free verse?
What is the repetition of similar consonant sounds, usually at the end of words?
Consonance
The use of a word or phrase to stand in for something else which it is often associated. Examples: Oval Office, the Crown, Hollywood.
What is metonymy?
The alter ego of a character or the suppressed side of one’s personality that is usually unaccepted by society. Examples: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Emma and Jane Fairfax, Frankenstein and his creation, Hamlet and Fortinbras.
What is a doppelganger?
In a Shakespearean sonnet, what term refers to the final two rhymed lines that often provide a resolution or summary?
Couplet
When a character/speaker speaks to a character or object that is not present or is unable to respond. This can mean addressing inanimate objects or the natural world. Often involves use of exclamation “O!”
What is apostrophe?
A blend of unharmonious sounds. It's used often in poetry, usually to emphasize disorder, harshness, or violence.
cacophony
The use of multiple conjoining conjunctions when not grammatically necessary for emphasis or to maintain meter. i.e. “And again and again and again”
What is polysyndeton?
The repetition of a word or phrase at the end of sentence or clause to emphasize or create rhetorical rhythm (contrast with anaphora). i.e. “Where now? Who now? When now?”
Epistrophe
What is the metrical pattern traditionally used in English sonnets, consisting of lines with five iambs each?
Iambic Pentameter
A poem or song composed especially as a lament for a deceased person.
What is an elegy?
What is the repetition of initial consonant sounds in neighboring words
Alliteration
When the audience or reader knows something characters do not know.
What is dramatic irony?
A character that by contrast underscores or enhances the distinctive characteristics of another.
What is a foil?
What term describes the turn or shift in thought in a sonnet?
Volta
A reference to a well-known person, event, or work of literature, often used to add depth or resonance to a text.
Allusion
What is the repetition of similar vowel sounds within nearby words in a line of poetry?
Assonance
A dominant theme or central idea that occurs in the story.
What is a motif?
A story that begins in the middle of things.
What is in media res?