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| 6442778111 | Active voice | Active voice pertains to any sentence with an active verb. Active voice expresses more energy then does passive voice. for example "Robert crush the tomato with this fist" is an active voice. " The tomato was crushed by Robert" is in the passive voice. | 0 | |
| 6442778112 | Allegory | And extended narrative (in poetry or prose) in which the character and actions -and sometimes the Settings as well- are contrived to make sense on the literal level at the same time to signify a second correlated order of characters, concepts, and events. In other words in Allegory carries a second deeper meaning as well as its surface story | 1 | |
| 6442831154 | Alliteration | The petition of a consonant sound at the beginning of several words in a sentence or a line of poetry. For example "Black reapers with the sound of steel on stones/are sharpening Scythes"- Jean Toomer | 2 | |
| 6442892933 | Allusion | A reference to another person, another historical event, another work, and the like. To make allusions, you should be for familiar at the very least with Greek and Roman mythology, Judeo-Christian literature, and Shakespeare. Identify the impact of an allusion the same way you would a metaphor. For example, the title "By the waters of Babylon" by Stephen Vincent Benét is a reference to psalm 137 | 3 | |
| 6442892934 | Analogy | A term that signifies a comparison of or similarity between two objects or ideas. For example, " Nature's first green is gold" - Robert Frost | 4 | |
| 6442904541 | Anaphora | The deliberate repetition of a word or phrase beginning of several successive poetic lines, prose sentences, clauses or paragraph. It is used to emphasize an idea. "My life is my purpose. My life is my goal. My life is my inspiration." | 5 | |
| 6442947023 | Aphorism | A brief statement of an opinion or elemental truth. "Absence makes the heart grow fonder". | 6 | |
| 6442947024 | Apostrophe | This is a direct address to someone who is not present, to a Deity or muse, or to some other power | 7 | |
| 6442947025 | Assonance | Repetition of a vowel sound within a group of words or lines. | 8 | |
| 6442947026 | Blank verse | This term is applied to any verse but doesn't rhyme. Blank verse consists of lines in iambic pentameter, which I versus forms is closest to the natural rhythm of English speech. Most of Shakespeare's plays are in blank verse | 9 | |
| 6444006447 | Caesura | A pause in a line of poetry in order to make the meaning clear or to follow the natural rhythm of speech. | 10 | |
| 6444006448 | Carpe diem | Latin for seize the day | 11 | |
| 6444006449 | Connotation | The association or Moods attached to a word. Words generally are negative, positive, or neutral. And authors choice of words, especially words with a particularly strong connotation, is usually the key to determining the authors tone and intention | 12 | |
| 6444006450 | Consonance | The repetition of a sequence of two or more constant but with a change in the intervening for example "live love" "lean alone" "pitter patter" | 13 | |
| 6444006451 | Couplet | A pair of rhymed lines. For example, "into my empty head there come/a cotton beach, a dock wherefrom"-Maxine kumin | 14 | |
| 6444006452 | Denotation | The dictionary definition of a word | 15 | |
| 6444173337 | Dialect | A regional speech pattern. When using a dialect, a writer is relying on language to make a passage feel personal and authentic. | 16 | |
| 6444173338 | Diction | Word choice; the specific word and author uses in his or her writing | 17 | |
| 6444173339 | Elegy | A formal meditative poem or laminate for the dead | 18 | |
| 6444173340 | Ellipses | Three dots that indicate words have been left out for a quotation. Ellipses are also often used to create suspense | 19 | |
| 6444173341 | Epistrophe | The ending of a series of words, phrases, clauses, or sentences with the same word or words, used to emphasize the word or group of words for emotional impact. | 20 | |
| 6444173342 | Euphemism | To use and in offensive or more socially excepted bowl word for something that could be inappropriate or offensive to some | 21 | |
| 6444173343 | Foil | A minor character who situation or actions parallel those of a major character in this by contrast set off or illuminate the major character | 22 | |
| 6444173344 | Foot | The combination of stressed and unstressed syllable's that make up the metric unit of a line. The most commonly used feet are that Iambic foot and the trochaic foot. | 23 | |
| 6444173345 | Free verse | Poetry that doesn't follow a prescribed for me but is characterized by irregularity in the length of the lines and a lack of regular metrical pattern and rhyme. Free verse may use other repetitive patterns including words, phrases, or structures | 24 | |
| 6444173346 | Hyperbole | Exaggeration of an event or feeling - I nearly died laughing | 25 | |
| 6444173347 | Imagery | Language that appeals to one or another of the five senses (sight, sound, touch, taste, or smile). Imagery can be created by using particularly vivid adjectives, similes, and metaphors | 26 | |
| 6444173348 | Irony | The use of a word to express something other then - and often the opposite of - the literal meaning. There are three types of irony. verbal irony contrast what is said and what is meant. Situational irony contrast what happens and what is expected to happen. Dramatic irony contrast with the character thanks to be true in with the reader knows to be true. | 27 | |
| 6444173349 | Jargon | A pattern of speech and vocabulary associated with a particular group of people. Medical doctors, computer analysis, teacher - I'll have a unique vocabulary or jargon that is used by members of that profession | 28 | |
| 6444173350 | Juxtaposition | The placement of one idea next to you with opposite to make it more dramatic for example playing the song what a wonderful world what showing scenes of war and violence I have to | 29 | |
| 6444173351 | Lyric | Any poem in which a speaker expresses intensely personal emotion or thoughts. The term was originally applied to poems meant to be song; now the term is sometimes used to refer to any poem that has a musical quality | 30 | |
| 6450827406 | Malapropism | A wonderful form of comic word play in which one word is mistakenly substituted for another that sounds similar | 31 | |
| 6450827407 | Metaphor | A figure of speech in which an implicit comparison is made between two things that are essentially to similar. Metaphors, unlike similes, do not use the words "like" or "as" | 32 | |
| 6450827408 | Meter | The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllable's or the unit of stress patterns | 33 | |
| 6450827409 | Metonymy | A figure of speech in which the name of one thing is substituted for another with which it is closely associated | 34 | |
| 6450827410 | Metric line | according to the number of feet composing it, starting with monometer, a line of 1 foot, followed by diameter, trimeter, tetrameter, pentameter, hexameter, heptameter, and octameter, a line of eight feet | 35 | |
| 6450827411 | Ode | A lyric poem that is serious and subject in treatment, elevated in style, and elaborate in its stanzaic structure | 36 | |
| 6450827412 | Onomatopoeia | A figure of speech in which a word when spoken imitates the sound associated with the word. For example buzz echoes the sound of bees | 37 | |
| 6450827413 | Paradox | A figure of speech that seeks to create mental ambiguity, which then forces the reader to pause and seek clarity. For example "my silent love grows louder with each passing moment" | 38 | |
| 6450827414 | Parallelism | A pattern of language that creates a rhyme of repetition often can bind with some other language of repetition. Balance and antithesis are the two types | 39 | |
| 6450827415 | Panegyric | A literary expression of praise | 40 | |
| 6450827416 | Passive voice | The opposite of active voice. The passive voice is used when something happens to someone. Indicating one as the important character | 41 | |
| 6450827417 | Pastoral | A reference to or a description of simple country life. | 42 | |
| 6450827418 | Personification | Giving human characteristics to nonhuman things | 43 | |
| 6450827419 | Ploce | One of the most commonly used figures of stress, it means repeating a word within the same line or clause | 44 | |
| 6450827420 | Point of view | They perspective from which the writer chooses to tell his or her story. Point of you can be in first second or third person and limited omniscient or objective | 45 | |
| 6450827421 | Pun | A play on words used to create humor or comic relief | 46 | |
| 6450827422 | Refrain | A wine, part of a line, or group of lines repeated in the course of a poem, sometimes with slight changes | 47 | |
| 6450827423 | Repetition | The repeating of a word or phrase for emphasis; often used in poetry | 48 | |
| 6450827424 | Rhyme | The echo or imitation of a sound. A rhyme scheme is a regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem. Rhyme can and often does contribute to the rhythm of a poem. | 49 | |
| 6450827425 | Rhythm | The sense of movement attributable to the pattern of stressed or unstressed syllable's. Although rhythm is sometimes used to signify meter, includes tempo and the natural fluctuations of movement | 50 | |
| 6450827426 | Satire | The form of writing in which is subjects is made fun of or scorned, eliciting amusement, contempt, or indignation. Purpose is to provoke change or reform | 51 | |
| 6450827427 | Shift | A change in setting, tone, or speakers. Identifying shifts in poetry is especially important for determining the overall purpose of tone of a poem | 52 | |
| 6450827428 | Simile | A figure speech in which a explicit comparison is made using "like" or "as" or"than" between two very different things in order to express an idea that is more familiar or understandable | 53 | |
| 6450827429 | Soliloquy | A speech in which a character in a play, alone on stage, expresses his or her thoughts. A soliloquy may reveal the private emotions, motives, and state of mind of the speaker. Example hamlet | 54 | |
| 6450827430 | Sonnet | A fixed form of 14 lines, normally in iambic pentameter, with a rhyme scheme conforming to or approximating one of two main types Shakespearean (3 quatrains and a concluding couplet) Italian/Petrarchan (begins with an octave and a rhyme scheme of abbaabba) | 55 | |
| 6450827431 | Stanza | A group of lines that forms one division of a poem | 56 | |
| 6450827432 | Symbol | An object that signifies something greater than itself | 57 | |
| 6450827433 | Synecdoche | A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole - for example, "all hands on deck", we assume the sailors bodies will follow | 58 | |
| 6450827434 | Theme | An insight into life conveyed by a poem or story. The theme is the main point the author wants to make with the reader, and is often a basic truth, and acknowledgment of our humanity, or you reminder of human beings shortcomings. | 59 | |
| 6450827435 | Verse | Lines of poetry or metrical language in general, in contrast to prose | 60 |
