Literary Devices
The author’s attitude toward the subject or audience.
What is tone?
series of petitions for use in church services or processions, usually recited by the clergy and responded to in a recurring formula by the people.
What is a Litany
narrative poems characterized by their melodious rhyme scheme---- can be any length, but it must be a series of rhyming quatrains. These quatrains, four-line stanzas, can follow any rhyme scheme.
What is a Ballad
DAILY DOUBLE
REQUIRES AT LEAST 3 types: A contrast between expectation and reality
(verbal, situational, or dramatic irony)
Figure of speech where a part represents a whole or vica versa.
IE: Cleveland won the finals.
Cleveland represents the Baseball team's full name
What is Synecdoche
The emotional feeling or atmosphere that a work produces in a reader.
Mood
a speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly, typically someone who has just died.
What is a Eulogy?
written to mourn an individual or group. They also frequently end with lines about hope and redemption. ------ originated in ancient Greece, and over time, they morphed into the mourning poems we know them as today.
What is an Elegy
In poetry, the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the line break.
Enjambment
Mostly found in poetry, harsh, unpleasant, or discordant sounds. Pop culture examples are included in songs recorded by the rock group Nine Inch Nails.
What is cacophony?
The author’s word choice.
Diction
A deliberate pause or break in a line of poetry.
Caesura
This poetry explicitly does away with a consistent rhyme scheme and meter. This poem can be long or short, and it can cover any subject matter—as long as it doesn’t have a consistent rhyme scheme or meter,
What is Free Verse
Iambic pentameter is a type of metric line used in English verse, most famously by William Shakespeare. While "iambic" describes the unstressed/stressed pattern of each two-syllable "foot," the word "pentameter" indicates that there are this many feet within a given line.
What is five?
The arrangement of words and sentence structure.
Syntax
a poem that praises something or someone. They are not required to stick to any specific meter, rhyme scheme, or length—though they often use a formal tone.
They originated in ancient Greece, where they were performed with musical accompaniment. Today, they’re often written and recited in celebration of beloved individuals or organizations.
What is an ode?
This poetry is poetry with a specific meter, but no rhyme scheme. Although these poems are written in iambic pentameter, this is not a requirement. The only requirements for this poetry are that the poem not rhyme and that it adheres to a consistent meter.
What is Blank Verse?
DAILY DOUBLE: REQUIRES a two-part answer
A story within a story structure------ Give an example!
Framed Narrative
Catcher in the Rye
Great Gatsby
Kite Runner
What is a motif?
Addressing an absent person, abstract idea, or object directly.
Apostrophe
This is a poetic form that originated in France, initially as a variation of pastoral poetry. They are specifically about obsessions and follow a strict form:
What is a Villanele
DAILY DOUBLE:
There are two answers needed for this question
One type of this poem consists of:
The other type contains:
What are: the two main types of sonnet: Shakespearean and Petrarchan.
A coming-of-age story focusing on a character’s growth and development.
Bildungsroman