Poetry
A four-line section in a poem
What is quatrain?
The main character, sometimes a hero
PRO we are for, the character we are rooting for
What is protagonist?
comparison that uses "like" or "as"
What is simile?
Logical reasoning, argument based on facts and logic
What is logos?
What an author says directly about a character to let us know what they are like
What is direct characterization?
A division of poetry, based on number of lines, cluster
Like a paragraph division
What is stanza?
The person/being/force working AGAINST the main character(s)
What is antagonist?
comparison that compares two things, focused on a similarity, that does NOT use "like" or "as"
What is metaphor?
Using feelings/emotion to persuade. Argument based on emotion.
What is pathos?
Indirect ways an author lets us know about a character--things the character says and does, or things other characters say about them
What is indirect characterization?
Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme
(no set rhythm or rhyme)
What is free verse?
When an author hints at something that will happen later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
A literary device in which the author speaks of an animal, object, or idea as if it were a person.
Giving human (person) traits to something non-human
What is personification?
The dictionary definition of a word
A character that is opposite of another where the contrast brings out characteristics of the main character
What is character foil?
Blank verse that consists of 5 iambs (metric feet that have one unstressed syllable followed by a stressed one)
What is iambic pentameter?
-- struggles with a weakness, doubt, a decision.
What is internal struggle (man v. self)?
A reference to a familiar person, place, thing, event, or other work of literature
What is allusion?
Argument based on ethics, values (especially shared values), or on the relationships between speaker and audience CREDIBILITY
What is ethos?
A good person who is brought down by their own flaws/mistakes
What is tragic hero?
The smallest repeated pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry
What is foot?
When the narrator knows the actions, thoughts, and feelings of all the characters.
What is third-person omniscient point of view?
Language that appeals to the senses, creates visual images, etc.
What an author does to help us see, hear, feel, taste, smell what they are writing about
What is imagery?
The connections and association and emotions connected to a word
What is connotation?
Extreme pride--a common tragic flaw in tragic heroes.
What is hubris?