IST Creative Writing Quarter 1 Review: Figures of Speech, Imagery, Diction, and Poetry

Flashcards covering key terms in Figures of Speech, Imagery, Diction, and Poetry from the lecture notes.

Simile

A figure of speech that compares two unlike things using like or as.

Metaphor

A direct comparison between two unrelated things.

Personification

Giving human qualities, emotions, or actions to inanimate objects, animals, or abstract ideas.

Hyperbole

An exaggerated statement for emphasis.

Onomatopoeia

A word that imitates the natural sound of what is described.

Alliteration

Repetition of the same initial consonant sounds.

Assonance

Repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words.

Irony

A contrast between what is said or expected and what is meant or reality.

Verbal Irony

Irony where what is said is opposite of what is meant.

Dramatic Irony

Audience knows more than the characters about a situation.

Situational Irony

The outcome is different from what was expected.

Paradox

A statement that seems contradictory but reveals a truth.

Oxymoron

Two contradictory terms used together in a single phrase.

Allusion

A reference to a well-known person, place, event, or work.

Allegory

A symbolic narrative where characters and events represent broader truths.

Imagery

Descriptive language that appeals to the senses.

Visual Imagery

Imagery that appeals to sight.

Auditory Imagery

Imagery that appeals to hearing.

Olfactory Imagery

Imagery that appeals to smell.

Gustatory Imagery

Imagery that appeals to taste.

Diction

Choice of words, including denotative (literal) and connotative (associated) meanings.

Action Verb

A verb that expresses action rather than linking a subject to a state.

Active Voice

The subject performs the action of the verb.

Passive Voice

The subject receives the action; often less direct.

Denotation

The literal, dictionary meaning of a word.

Connotation

The ideas, feelings, and associations a word evokes beyond its literal meaning.

Symbol

A concrete object that represents a larger idea or concept.

Ellipsis

The omission of words for economy or emphasis in a sentence or verse.

Meter

The rhythmic structure of a line, determined by stressed and unstressed syllables.

Anapest

A metrical foot with two unstressed syllables followed by one stressed syllable.

Dactyl

A metrical foot with one stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables.

Iamb

A metrical foot with one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable.

Spondee

A metrical foot with two stressed syllables.

Trochee

A metrical foot with one stressed syllable followed by one unstressed syllable.

Monometer

A line containing one metrical foot.

Dimeter

A line containing two metrical feet.

Trimeter

A line containing three metrical feet.

Tetrameter

A line containing four metrical feet.

Pentameter

A line containing five metrical feet.

Hexameter

A line containing six metrical feet.

Heptameter

A line containing seven metrical feet.

Octameter

A line containing eight metrical feet.

End Rhyme

Rhyme that occurs at the end of lines.

Eye Rhyme

Rhyme that looks like it should rhyme based on spelling but may not sound the same.

Internal Rhyme

Rhyme that occurs within a line or across non-end positions.

Rhyme Scheme

The formal pattern of rhymes in a poem (e.g., ABAB, CDCD).

Alternate Rhyme

Rhyme scheme where successive lines rhyme (often ABAB).

Couplet

Two consecutive lines of verse that rhyme (AA).

Enclosed Rhyme

Rhyme scheme ABBA.

Limerick

A five-line poem with an AABBA rhyme scheme, typically humorous.

Monorhyme

A poem in which every line has the same end rhyme (AAAA).

Rhythm

The beat or pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry.

Structure

The overall organization of a poem, including units like stanza, line, punctuation, and word order.

Stanza

A group of lines forming a unit in a poem.

Word Order

The arrangement of words in a line or sentence to achieve effect.

Acrostic

A poem in which the first letters of each line spell out a word or message.

Blank Verse

Unrhymed verse that uses a consistent meter, typically iambic pentameter.

Elegy

A poem of serious reflection, often mourning the dead.

Epic

A long narrative poem celebrating heroic deeds, often with elevated style.

Free Verse

Poetry with no fixed meter or rhyme scheme.

Haiku

A traditional Japanese three-line poem with a 5-7-5 syllable pattern.

Ode

A lyric poem expressing praise or admiration for a subject.

Sonnet

A fourteen-line poem with a fixed rhyme scheme; Shakespearean sonnet typically ABAB CDCD EFEF GG.

First Person

Point of view in which the speaker narrates using 'I' or 'we'.

Second Person

Point of view addressing the reader directly using 'you'.

Third Person Limited

Narrator tells about characters through the perspective of one character.

Third Person Omniscient

Narrator knows all characters' thoughts and experiences.

Punctuation

The use and arrangement of punctuation marks to shape pace and meaning.

Shape Poetry

Poetry whose layout visually resembles its subject.