Semester II Literary Terms
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| a relatively short poem in which the speaker expresses an emotional state or process in thought | ||
| a fourteen line lyric poem, usually written in iambic pentameter, that has one of several rhyme schemes | ||
| a sonnet that contains 3 quatrains and a concluding couple with a usual rhyme scheme of ABAB CDCD EFEF GG | ||
| a figure of speech that deliberately describes something as less than it really is | ||
| a word of phrase that is obsolete | ||
| making a comparison between two seemingly unlike things without using like or as | ||
| a syntactical pattern in which the words or parts of speech in one part of a sentence are reversed in the other part | ||
| a direct address to an absent person or thing as if it were present and able to respond | ||
| a verse form made up of 3-line stanzas with an overlapping rhyme scheme (aba, bcb, cdc, etc.) | ||
| any descriptions meant to appeal to the senses | ||
| when one verse flows into another without grammatical pause; the opposite of end-stopped | ||
| an 8-line stanza or poem or the first 8 linesof an Italian/Petrarchan sonnet | ||
| occurs when the audience or reader knows something important that a character in the play or story does not | ||
| poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter | ||
| a metrical foot consisteing of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable | ||
| a metrical foot in which a stressed syllable is followed by an unstressed syllable | ||
| a verse consisting of 5 metrical feet, or 5 primary stresses, per line | ||
| a turning point in a poem | ||
| pattern of rhymed lines in a poem | ||
| a complex, generally long lyric poem on a serious subject | ||
| the attitude a writer takes toward the reader, subject, or a character | ||
| two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme | ||
| a songlike poem that tells a story and is composed and written down by a know poet | ||
| rhymes that are within a line of poetry | ||
| a figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion or create a comic effect | ||
| occurs when what actually happens is the opposite of what is expected or appropriate | ||
| the literal, dictionary definition of a word | ||
| the repetition of beginning consonant sounds in words that are close to one another | ||
| the repetition of final consonant sounds after different vowel sounds | ||
| the repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by different consonant sounds in exact rhyme | ||
| a contrast of ideas expressed in a grammatically balanced statement | ||
| a poem in which a character addresses one or more listeners who remain silent or whose replies are not revealed | ||
| figure of speech that makes a comparison between 2 seemingly unlike things by using a connective word such as like, than or as | ||
| when something trivial or comical occurs at a point in a narrative when one expects something important or serious | ||
| a sonnet that contains an octave and a sestet with a usual rhyme scheme of ABBA ABBA CDE CDE | ||
| A work that imitates the serious manner and characteristic features of a particular work or style and applies the imitation to a lowly or comically inappropriate subject | ||
| a kind of writing that ridicules human weakness, vice, or folly in order to bring about social reform | ||
| a form of comedy characterized by ridiculous exaggeration and distortion | ||
| a contrast or discrepancy between expectation and reality | ||
| a protagonist of a drama or narrative who is notably lacking in heroic qualities | ||
| a term coined by Gerard Manley Hopkins to designate his unconventional use of poetic meter | ||
| a character who sets off another character by strong contrast | ||
| an introductory narrative within which one or mroe of teh characters proceed to tell a story | ||
| a brief, witty, clever, and usually memorable statement | ||
| a late Victorian movement in British and American art characterized by a dedicatedly eclectic search for beauty and by an interest in old English, Japanese, and classical art | ||
| a philosophical estrangement from the past in the arts and literature occurring esp. in the course of the 20th century and taking form in any of various innovative movements and styles |