Midterms Vocab

3 different types of poetry

narrative, lyric, dramatic

Narrative poems

literary ballad, folk ballad, epic

Lyric poems

sonnet, ode, elegy, haiku, lullaby

Dramatic poems

verse play, dramatic monologue

Literary Ballad

known author

Folk Ballad

no known author

Epic

long, heroic

Sonnet

14 lines, abab rhyme scheme

Ode

expressive emotions

Elegy

mournful, melancholy

Haiku

3 lines, 5-7-5

Lullaby

song meant to put people to sleep

Verse play

written in blank verse/iambic pentameter

Dramatic monologue

one person speaks, reveals all inner thoughts

Connotation

implied meaning of a word

Denotation

dictionary meaning

Assonance

repeated internal vowels

Consonance

repetition of consonants at the end of words.

Blank Verse

unrhymed poetry with a consistent meter

Couplet

a pair of lines

Epigram

a short satirical poem, single subject

Epitaph

praise of a deceased person

Light Verse

written to entertain, amuse

Metonymy

using the name of one object or concept for that of another which is related

Quatrain

stanza with 4 lines

Abate

lessen

Aberration

abnormal

Acumen

insightful

Adamant

firm

Adroit

skillful

Allocate

allot

Alacrity

eagerness

Altruistic

selfless

Abhor

to hate

Abstruse

complex

Anthropology

study of humans

Antipathy

dislike/hatred

Accost

to confront

Apathetic

indifferent

Acrimony

resentment

Amiable

friendly

Arcane

obscure/unknown/mysterious

Antediluvian

very old

Apt

inclined

Amenable

yielding

Ascendancy

superiority

Ascetic

abstaining for religious reasons(monk)

Assiduous

meticulous

Assuage

to ease

Atrophy

decay

August

dignified

Aura

a feeling

Auspicious

favorable

Autocrat

a dictator

Automaton

person who asks like a robot

Avarice

greed, materialistic

Banal

common, trite

Barrage

bombardment

Belie

misrepresent

Belligerent

aggressive, warlike

Benevolent

generous

Bequeath

hand down through a will

Berate

to scold harshly

Bipartisanship

supported by two opposing groups

Blighted

destroyed

Bog

swamp

Bolster

to support

Bombastic

overstated

Boorish

crude

Buoyant

floating

Burgeon

to grow/flourish

Buttress

the projecting part of a building to offer support

Byzantine

complex

Cacophonous

discordant sound

Cajole

to coax something out of someone

Callous

unfeeling

Cantankerous

irritable

Capricious

fickle

Castigate

to belittle

Caustic

sarcastic

Censorious

severely critical

Censure

to scold

Cerebral

intellectual

Chagrin

embarasment

Charlatan

scam artist

Chastise

to correst

Churlish

boorish

Circuitous

indirect

Circumscribe

to restrict

Clandestine

doing something in a sneaky way

Coalesce

unite

Compendious

succinct

Complacency

smugness

Compliant

yielding

Concur

to agree with another person

Conflagration

a large fire

Confluence

a place where things flow together

Congenial

amiable

Conscientious

meticulous

Consternation

dismay