Creative Writing FLVS dba review number 1

Rhyme

The correspondence of sound between words

Rhyme Scheme

Rhyme patterns at the end of each line

Enjambment

When a line continues to the next without ending a sentence

End-stopped

occurs when a line ends with a complete sentence or clause

Trochee

“Da-dum” Garden

Lamb

da-DUM combine

Spondee

DUM-DUM ta-da!

Dactyl

DA-dum-dum Holiday

Anapest

da-da-DUM let-it-go

Iambic pentameter

a line has 5 syllable pairs with stress on the second syllable

Allusion

reference to something

Idiom

an expression which holds a different meaning to its literal meaning

Meiosis

The presentation of a thing with underemphasis to achieve a greater effect; an understatement

Metonymy

Figure of speech that consists of replacing the name of one thing for that of another of which it is an attribute or with which it is associated

Assonance

When vowels within a word rhyme with other words

Consonance

The repetition of the same consonant sounds in lines of text

Sonnet

English: 14 lines, three quatrains and a couplet

Italian: 14 lines, one octave and a sestet

Villanelle

19 lines, five tercets and a closing quatrain, no required meter, two repeated lines throughout and third lines in the stanza repeat alternatively as the last line in each remaining stanza

Topical structure

lamenting loss then praising what was loss who was and then conveying acceptance of loss

Ode

no set anything, a celebration of a person place idea or thing

Free verse

no set anything but line breaks with enjambment

Blank verse

no set anything except for iambic pentameter

Voice

diction we select to discuss a topic

Tone

How the writers feel about the subject from their voice

Elements of style

Diction - tone and voice

Perspective - pov and context

Rhythm - meter and line length

Structure - form and order

Meanings

Surface meaning, emotional meaning, authors attitude, authors meaning

Artistic unity

Location - same place

time - no more than one day should pass

action - everything must directly contribute

Direct Characterization

Explicitly told something about the character

Indirect Characterization

What you have to infer about the character

Round character

Multidimensional, goals, successes, failures, usually the main character

Flat character

simple/minor characters which two or one defining traits, they are to support the main character

Dynamic character

usually undergo significant internal change throughout the story in a coming of age the character is always dynamic

Static character

these characters remain the same throughout the story they can be round or flat

In media res

starts a narrative in the rising action and or climax and then reveals the exposition as the story progresses