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Poetry Terms
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What is alliteration?
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
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Define Prose.
Written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure.
100
Why is a setting important in a story?
To set the time and place of the action. Also the historical or cultural context in which the story may be set.
100
Synonym for affection
Love
100
Define Meter.
The recurrence of a rhythmic pattern in poetry.
200
What is the importance of characterization?
Helps the writer develop characters' personalities.
200
Define antagonist and protagonist.
Antagonist: a principle character opposed to the goals and actions of the protagonist. Protagonist: the main character who goes through some sort of change during the conflict of the story.
200
Define Scansion.
A process of charting meter.
200
Antonym for burden
Help, aid.
200
Define Stanza.
A division of a poem based on thought or form made up of line.
300
What is genre? Name the 4 types.
A category in which a work of literature is classified. Fiction, non-fiction, drama, and poetry.
300
What is irony?
A contrast between appearance and reality- usually one in which reality is the opposite of what it seems.
300
What are the three main types of drama?
Tragedy, romance, and comedy.
300
Synonym for abandon.
Leave, desert.
300
Define Imagery.
Concrete details which appeal to the senses so that we can see or sense what is being written about.
400
What is the difference between a biography and an autobiography?
An autobiography is a writers account of his/her own life. A biography is a true account of a person's life, written by another person.
400
Name the different Point of Views and what they are.
Fist Person: narrator is a character in the story Third Person: narrator is outside of the action, not a character. Third Person Omniscient: narrator is all knowing.
400
Define Rhyme Scheme.
A pattern of end rhymes in a poem assigned by the letters of the alphabet.
400
Synonym for juvenile.
Immature.
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Define Repetition
Repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis.
500
Name the four parts of figurative language. Define each.
Simile, Metaphor, Personification, Hyperbole Simile:comparing two things using like or as. Metaphor: makes a comparison between two things that are basically unalike but have something in common. Does not contain like or as. Personification: giving an inanimate object human-like qualities. Hyperbole: an exaggerated truth for emphasis or humor.
500
Name the types of conflict.
Man vs. Man Man vs. Self Man vs. Nature Man Vs. Society
500
Define Soliloquy.
A speech in which a character speaks his or her thoughts aloud. Generally alone, to the audience.
500
Antonym for cautious.
Foolish, careless.
500
Name five famous poets.
Edgar Allen Poe, Emily Dickenson, Robert Frost, William Shakespeare, Maya Angelo, etc.