Conventions
Terms
Dictionary
100
often there are multimple layers of ______ within poems.
Meaning
100
What is a Diction?
Word choice
100
What's image?
A word, phrase, or figure of speech that addresses the senses, suggesting mental pictures of sight, smell, taste, feel, sound, or actions and conveys emotions and moods through these verbal pictures.
200
Certain types of poems have very specific forms while others are written in free verse. Name one.
Sonnet
200
Whats denotation?
The literal, dictionary definition of a word
200
Whats figure of speech?
certain types of figurative launguage
300
Name two things that poets are conscious of.
Layout, line length, sound, rhythm, denotation/connotation and images
300
What is a connotation?
Associations and implications that go beyond the literal meaning of a word
300
Whats a simile?
a comparison using such as like, as , than, appears, and seems.
400
Poems are written in lines with or without punctuation; the sometimes employ _____, though not always.
rhyme
400
What's persona/speaker?
The voice of a poem, not to be confused with the poet him/herself
400
Whats a metaphor?
a comparison between two seemingly unlike things, without using the word like or as.
500
How are poems organized?
Linbe groupings or stanzas instead of paragraphs.
500
What is tone?
The authors attitude toward the reader or the people,places or events in a work as revealed by the elements of the authors style
500
Whats irony?
The difference between what is expected and what is actually true.