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Lyric Poetry

poetry that is designed to express feelings/emotions

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Stanza

A group of lines in a poem that form a unit; often stanzas are marked by line breaks above and/or below

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Enjambement

occurs when the syntax of a line carries over to the next line

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End-stop line

when the syntax of a line is completed by the end of the line

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Alliteration

repetition of the initial sounds of words in close proximity - in a cluster (does not have to be in the same line)

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Allusion

A reference to something that is typically well known (person, event, work of art, etc.)

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Assonance

the repetition of vowel sounds in words that are in close proximity

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Connotation

the meaning implied by a word

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Consonance

the repetition of consonant sounds in words that are in close proximity (sounds can be anywhere in the word)

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Denotation

The literal definition of a word

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Imagery

vivid language or details that appeal to one or more of the senses

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Metaphor

A symbolic comparison made by directly stating one thing as another, or substituting one thing for the other

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Simile

A comparison using like or as

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Synecdoche

A type of metaphor in which the part represents the whole thing

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Syntax

Grammatical structure

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Tone

the attitude the author/narrator/speaker has towards the subject

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Agency

A person’s control over their own life; autonomy

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Motif

A repeated element (key word, idea, phrase, symbol) that contributes to the greater meaning of the story

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Contrast

The juxtaposition of opposing elements, thereby highlighting the traits of one or both

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Bildungsroman

A coming of age story; typically a young protagonist journeys out into the world and returns changed

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Kunstlerroman

The story of the “birth” or development of the artist

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Ode

A poem of praise that elevate the subject

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Refrain

A key word, phrase, or line that gets repeated throughout a poem

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Free Verse

Poetry that does not have any fixed meter or rhyme scheme (though it might rhyme in places) or specific structural rules to follow (this becomes the dominant form of 20th century poetry)

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Anaphora

A repeated word or phrase at the beginning of lines

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Catalog

A list of items

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Perspectivalism

The idea or belief that perspective influences understanding; different perspectives will understand things differently

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Aesthetics

The stylistic choices an author makes

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Couplet

A consecutive pair of rhymed lines

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Intersectionality

A convergence of different aspects of one’s identity that forms a unique identity with particular features/pressures/conflicts distinct from the individual identities that converge

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Enlightenment

belief in rational thought and empiricism (believeing what you can see); proof of God is in the natural world

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Direct Discourse

Dialogue, the narrator relays the character’s thoughts through the character’s own words

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Indirect Discourse

The narrator relays a character’s thoughts without exact words

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Free Indirect Discourse

narrator taps into the character’s mind to represent the character’s thoughts

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Juxtaposition

the placing of elements next to each other

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Modernism

sense of increasing fracturing and fragmentation of the self, identity, and relation to society; growing sense of isolation; full understanding is achieved through the collective of perspectives

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Transcendentalism

idealist Romantic ideology that is anti-institutions and believes that nature is restorative (godly); believes in individual capabilities

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Liminality

The space between clearly demarcated areas of identity and belonging

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Metonymy

a type of metaphor in which something closely associated with the thing represents it

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Romanticism

 idealist ideology that values nature, beauty, and emotion; focuses on nostalgia; values individual to a greater extent

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Focalization

(3rd person) narrative through the perspective of a character

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Personification

The attribution of personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman