Figurative Language #1
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at
the beginning of adjacent or closely connected
words.
Ex: “From forth the fatal loins of these two foes;
A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life.”
What is Alliteration?
A brief reference to a real or fictional
person, event, place, or work of art.
What is Allusion?
A single line of poetry.
What is verse?
is a type of rhyme formed by words with similar but not identical sounds. In most instances, either the vowel segments are different while the consonants are identical, or vice versa.
What is a slant rhyme?
is a very short form of Japanese poetry in three sentences going in the order 5 syllables 7 syllables and then 5 again
What is a Haiku?
The repetition of consonant sounds,
but not vowels, in a chunk of text.
Ex: A worm named Maurice took the
garden by storm.
What is Consonance?
The central meaning or
dominant message the poet is
trying to deliver to the reader.
What is theme?
Poetry that does not rhyme or
have a measurable meter.
What is free verse?
Crookedly broken nose — low tackling caused it; line 2:
Cheeks, furrowed; coarse grey hair, flying frenetic;
Forehead, wrinkled and high;
Jowls, prominent; ears, large; jaw, pugilistic;
Teeth, few; lips, full and ruddy; mouth, ascetic.
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What is acrostic?
The attitude the poem’s narrator (this
may or may not be the actual poet) takes
towards a subject or character: serious,
humorous, sarcastic, ironic, concerned,
tongue-in-cheek, solemn, objective, etc.
What is tone?
An object or action that means
something more than its literal
meaning.
What is symbol?
A unified group of lines in poetry.
This is often marked by spacing
between sections of the poem.
What is a stanza?
A pattern of words that rhyme of the "outside" edge of the poem- the last syllable in the last word of each line in a stanza.
What is an external rhyme scheme.
a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
What is a sonnet?
A figure of speech that makes a
comparison between two things
using connecting words, such as
“like” or “as.”
Ex: Love is like a battlefield.
What is simile?
A figure of speech that makes a
comparison between two things without
using connecting words, such as
“like” or “as.”
Ex: Love is like a battlefield.
What is Metaphor?
The measured arrangement of
sounds/beats in a poem, including
the poet’s placement of emphasis
and the number of syllables per line.
What is meter?
Startled at the stillness broken by reply so aptly spoken,
“Doubtless,” said I, “what it utters is its only stock and store
Caught from some unhappy master whom unmerciful Disaster
Followed fast and followed faster till his songs one burden bore—
Till the dirges of his Hope that melancholy burden bore
Of ‘N
ever—nevermore.’”
But the Raven still beguiling all my sad soul into smiling,
Straight I wheeled a cushioned seat in front of bird and bust and door;
Then, upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking
Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of yore—
What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore
Meant in croaking “Nevermore.”
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Austin Kleon created this type of poetry.
What is blackout poetry?
The author’s specific word choice.
What is Diction?
The measured arrangement of
sounds/beats in a poem, including
the poet’s placement of emphasis
and the number of syllables per line.
What is meter?
This occurs when one line ends without a
pause or any punctuation and continues onto
the next line.
Ex: If this were a poem,
this would be
an example of the technique.
What is Enjambment?
is a pattern of rhyming words inside the same line. “The Raven” has two unique of these.
What is internal rhyme scheme?
is a poetic performance art that is word-based. It is an oral art that focuses on the aesthetics of word play such as intonation and voice inflection. This is also the type of poetry you are presenting on Thursday.
What is spoken word?