examples
Try as I might, the kite did not fly
what is consonance?
poem of lamentation about a death
what is elegy?
word choice, type of words, and the level of language
what is diction?
love is an example of _______ diction
what is abstract?
people in the south who say “swimmin” as opposed to “swimming” have a certain ______
what is dialect?
short and witty poem often in couplets that make a humorous or satiric point
what is epigram?
Odysseus from The Odyssey is an example of
what is epic hero?
literature that is told by reading someone’s letters
what is epistle?
Homer’s The Illiad and The Odyssey are examples of
what is epic?
telling a heartbroken friend that there are "plenty of fish in the sea"
what is cliche?
moment of sudden insight or revelation that someone experiences
what is epiphany?
movement in art, literature, and music that advocates imitating the principles manifested in the and literature of ancient Greece and Rome; emphasizes reason, clarity, balance, and universal themes; direct opposite of Romanticism
what is classicism?
detailed analysis of a work of literature, often word by word or line by line; close reading
what is explication?
“If you can’t be a good examples, you’ll just have to be a horrible warning.”
is an example of
what is epigram?
‘I wonder, by my troth, what thou and I
Did, till we loved?’
is an example of?
what is enjambment?
speaker of a poem addresses an internal listener or the reader; sometimes includes listener’s unrecorded responses
what is dramatic monologue?
Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness,
Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun;
Conspiring with him how to load and bless
With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run
what is euphony?
sponsor of classical Athenian play; leader of chorus in a play
what is choragos?
The tree has green leaves
hint: type of diction
what is concrete diction?
Romeo drinking the poison is the _______ of Romeo and Juliet
what is climax(crisis)?
entrance of a god to unravel the problems in a play; refers to artificial and illogical solutions to problems
what is deux ex machina?
detailed study of a poem or passage; designed to explain characters, motivation; similarities, and contrasts of sound, situations,ideas, style, organization, word selections, settings, etc.
what is close reading of literature?