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Ballad

A type of poem or song that tells a story usally about love, adventure, or tradgedy, and is often written in short stanzas with regular rhythm and rhyme

Consonance

The repetition of consonant sounds in nearby words usally at the end or middle of the words

Terza Rima

A poem with a special rhyme pattern where the middle line of the stanza rhymes with the first and third line of the next following the pattern of aba bcb cdc and so on

Third person ominscient

The narrator is all-knowing and can acess the thoughts, feelings, and memories of all characters in the story.

Third person objective

The narrator is an impersonal observor, reporting events without going into charaters thoughts or feelings. The narrator simply presents the actions and dialogue from a camera lense.

Third person subjective

The narrator is speaking through the viewpoint of a specific character at a specific time or place so that the reader can experince the thoughts of that character.

Interior monologue

The characters thoughts feeling and impressions are expressed directily as if the reader is overheating the characters inner voice.

Stream of Consciousness

A writing style that shows a character’s thoughts and feeling as they happen.

Stream of Consciousness vs Interior Monologue

Stream of consciousness aims to capture the unfiltered, chaotic flow of a characters mind while interior monologue is a more structured representation of a character's thoughts, often reflecting a single moment or idea.

A/syndeton

Absence of conjunctions between part of a sentence.

Assonance

The repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words

Free verse

A form of poetry that does not follow a traditional structure

Metered Verse

Poetry that follows a specific pattern of rhythm and meter that has stressed and unstressed syllables. Ex: I do not like green eggs and ham

Blank Verse

Unrhymed iambic pentameter that does not rhyme. Ex: I went to walk beneath the silver sky. It contains 10 syllable line with alternating unstressed and stressed syllables.

Olfactory

anything related to the sense of smell.

Rhymed verse

The most common verse that usually had metrical form takes a regular pattern of rhyme, often consisting of alternating lines that rhyme at the end. Ex: Roses are red, violets are blue.

Villanelle

A poem with 19 lines that are made up of five 3 line stanzas and one 4- line stanza with two lines that repeat throughout the poem and follows a specific rhyme pattern of ABA ABA ABA ABA ABAA.

Lyric poem

A poem that does not tell a story but expresses the personal feelings or thoughts of the speaker

Epistolary

A literary work consisting of letters in which writers use letters, journals and dairy entries in their work, or they tell their stories or deliver messages through a series of letters.

Lament

A poem expressing grief or sorrow, often for someone who has died.

Bildungsroman

A literary genre that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the protagonist, typically from youth to adulthood.

Denotation

The literal or primary meaning of a word, distinct from its connotations or implied meanings.

connotation

An idea or meaning suggested or associated with a word or thing. Ex: that girl looked like trash.

Metaphor

A figure of speech that involves an implied comparison between two unlike things without using "like" or "as." .

Alliteration

The repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a series of words, often used in poetry and prose for emphasis.

Kinesthetic

A person aware of their body movements and actions.

Dramatic Monologue

A type of poem or speech where a single speaker expresses their thoughts and feelings in a single scene giving us the history and physical context of the character.

Apostrophe

a figure of speech in which a speaker addresses an absent person, concept, or object as if it were present or capable of responding.

Hyperbole

A figure of speech that involves exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. Ex: Im so hungry I can eat a horse.

ode

A lyrical poem that expresses emotion, often addressed to a particular subject, celebrating or reflecting on its qualities. Meant to be sung

simile

A figure of speech that compares two different things using the words "like" or "as" to highlight a similarity. It is common in poetry and literature.

Spenserian sonnet

A type of poem consisting of 14 lines divided into three quatrains and a couplet, with a specific rhyme scheme of ABAB BCBC CDCD EE. It often addresses themes of love and beauty.

Shakespearean sonnet

A type of poem consisting of 14 lines divided into three quatrains and a final rhymed couplet, with a rhyme scheme of ABABCDCDEFEFGG. It commonly explores themes such as love, time, and beauty.

sestina

A complex poetic form consisting of six stanzas of six lines each, followed by a three-line envoi. The end words of the lines in the first stanza are repeated in a specific pattern throughout the poem.

Allusion

A literary device that references a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cultural, literary, or political significance, often enhancing meaning and context within a text.

Oxymoron

Self-contradicting word or group of words

Verisimilitude

The appearance of being true or real in literature, enhancing the believability of characters and events.

Epistrophe

Describes repetition of a word which occurs at the end of a phrase.

zeugma

A figure of speech in which a word applies to multiple parts of the sentence, often in different with different meanings contexts, creating a unique connection.

Poly/sendeton

A literary device that involves the deliberate use of many conjunctions in close succession to create an effect of multiplicity, emphasis, or rhythm.