G9 English Reviewer (4th Qtr)

Poetry

Poetry

literary work in which the expression of feelings and ideas is given intensity by the use of distinctive style and rhythm

Denotation

literal meaning

Connotation

words with different meanings

Lyric Poems

they are short and highly musical, expressing feelings and observations of a single person about a particular subject

Narrative Poems

are stories in poems form

Dramatic Poems

these are the spoken dialogues spoken from the point of view of a persona, as the speaker

Ode

is a long serious poem, mostly about nature, the object of attraction, or aimed at adoring someone or something

Shakespearean Sonnet

poem comprising 14 lines falling into 3 quatrains that reflect an issue followed by a heroic couplet and has a fixed rhyme scheme

Heroic Couplet

last 2 lines in a Shakespearean sonnet which is the resolution to the issue

Italian Sonnet

a poem of 14 lines, divided into 2 subgroups: an octave (dilemma/question) and a sestet (resolution/answer)

Elegy

is a poem which deals with death and mourning as its theme, and the thoughts and feelings are expressed in a contemplative rather than exalted mood

Song

is a poem that needs to be sung

Occasional Poetry

is written on a specific occasion

Persona Poem

a type of lyrical poem where the speaker is a single person who is not a poet

Epic

poems are usually long narrative poems that talk about the heroic and extraordinary doings of legendary men and women significant to a culture or nation

Ballad

are narrative poems that are set to music and usually played by a stringed instrument and sung by “minstrels” during festivals in medieval Europ

Metrical Romances

the hero character, a courageous man with excellent moral character

Soliloquy

a popular literary device often used in drama to reveal the innermost thoughts of a character

Imagery

consists of descriptive language that can function as a way for the reader to better imagine the world of the piece of literature and also add symbolism to the work

Persona

from the Latin word “mask of an actor,” is considered the speaker or the fictitious character created by the poet to serve as the “voice” of the poem to represent the thoughts of the writer, or the specific person the writer wants to present as his mouthpiece

Rhyme Scheme

is the pattern of end rhymes that may be designated by assigning a different letter of the alphabet to each new rhyme

Rhythm

is the pattern of sound created by the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line

Figures of Speech

is a word or expression that is not meant to be read literally

Simile

is the use of a word such as like or as to compare seemingly unlike things

Metaphor

is similar to the definition of a simile but there is one important difference between the two

Personification

is a type of metaphor that attributes human-like characteristics to an animal, object, or idea

Onomatopoeia

is a word that sounds like its meaning

Hyperbole

a figure of speech in which great exaggeration is used for emphasis or humorous effect

Metonymy

is a figure of speech substituting mundane, ordinary objects or expressions with words or other phrases to give a more poetic effect

Oxymoron

from the Greek word, "sharp-dull" is putting together two opposite ideas in one statement

Apostrophe

is directly addressing an abstract thing or concept, or some dead or absent person as though it were present or alive

Alliteration

it is a stylistic device in which a number of words, having the same first consonant sound, occur close together in a series

Assonance

takes place when two or more words, close to one another repeat the same vowel sound, but start a different consonant sounds