Terms
The use of the word "State" from The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner by Randall Jarrell represents which of the following terms:
Persona
Ambiguity
Cacophony
Oxymoron
Ambiguity: Allows for two or more interpretations of a word, phrase, action, or situation, all of which can be supported by the context of the work.
Through his use of the word "State", Jarrell connects the horrors of war not just to bombers and gunners, but to governments that control them.
Read the following sentence and determine the type of irony: "I love taking exams, they're so fun."
Verbal Irony
Read the following and define the rhyme scheme:
Devouring time, blunt thou the lion’s paws,
And make the earth devour her own sweet brood;
Pluck the keen teeth from the fierce tiger’s jaws,
And burn the long-lived phoenix in her blood.
Eye rhyme: the spellings are similar, but the pronunciations are not
What is an example of onomatopoeia?
Answers vary
Define epigram
Epigram: brief, pointed, and witty poem
What is the difference between euphony and cacophony?
Euphony: lines of poetry that are musically pleasant and smooth
Cacophony: lines of poetry that are discordant and difficult to pronounce, like a tongue twister
Define dramatic irony
Used when a writer allows a reader to know more about a situation than a character does.
Define slant rhyme
Slant rhyme: the sounds are almost but not exactly alike.
A metaphor is a comparison between two unlike things. What is an implied metaphor?
Implied metaphor: comparison of two unlike things without explicitly identifying what it is
Example: "She lured him into her web." She is being compared to a spider, but it is not being stated.
Daily Double: Dylan Thomas's "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night" is an example of...
Villanelle: fixed form consisting of nineteen lines of any length divided into six stanzas: five tercets and a concluding quatrain
Jargon is defined as a category of language defined by a language or profession. Name an example of jargon.
Answers vary
Define situational irony
What happens is entirely different than what is expected.
What is an internal rhyme?
Internal rhyme: places at least one of the rhymed words within the line.
Example: "dividing, gliding, sliding"
Define paradox
Paradox: a statement that appears to be self-contradictory, but then ends up making sense
Example: The pen is mightier than the sword. Although pens are not physically mightier than swords, words have an immense amount of power.
What are the characteristics of a sestina?
-Usually does not rhyme
-Might be more of a fixed form than villanelles
-Contains thirty-nine lines of any length divided into six-line stanzas and a three-line concluding stanza called an envoy
Define elegy
Elegy: used to describe a lyric poem written to someone who is dead
When a writer uses God, destiny, or fate to dash the hopes and expectations of a character or humankind in general, it is called...
cosmic irony
What is the difference between masculine and feminine rhyme?
Masculine: the rhyming of single syllable words
Feminine: consists of a rhymed stressed syllable, followed by one or more rhymed unstressed syllables.
What is an example of oxymoron?
Answers vary: silent scream, sweet sorrow, bittersweet
What are the characteristics of Italian sonnets?
-Divided into two parts
-First eight lines typically rhyme abbaabba
-Final six lines:cdecde, cdcdcd, cdccdc
Define ode
Ode: Characterized by a serious topic and formal tone, but no prescribed formal pattern describes all odes
Daily Double: How does carpe diem appear in poetry?
The theme of carpe diem is as familiar in poetry as it is in life. Carpe diem means "seize the day".
What is the difference between consonance and assonance?
Consonance: an identical consonant sound preceded by a different vowel sound
Assonance: the repetition of the same vowel in nearby words
What is apostrophe frequently accompanied by?
A. Personification
B. Intense emotion
C. Hyperbole
Intense emotion
Apostrophe: an address either to someone who is absent and therefore cannot hear the speaker or to something nonhuman that cannot comprehend.
What are the characteristics of English sonnets? What is another name for English sonnets?
-three quatrains and a couplet
-typically rhymes abab cdcd efef gg
-Shakespearean Sonnets