English poetry & shakespeare

Thee/thou

you

thy

your

thine

your

lo

look

ere

before

ho

hey

ay

yes

doth

does

fie

shame (cus word)

hath

has

wherefore

why

Aside

character addresses audience, unheard by any other characters

Blank verse

unrhymed iambic pentameter

dialogue

conversation between 2+ character

dramatic foil

characters with contrasting qualities to each other

monologue

extended speech by single character

What is one type of monologue?

soliloquy

soliloquy

characters speak to themselves, other characters cannot hear (expresses inner thought)

pun

play on multiple meanings of a word, or two words that sound alike

prologue

opening speech/ intro plot and setting

Consonance

repetition of consonant sounds between two words anywhere in the words

Assonance

repeated vowel sounds between two words anywhere in the words

Onomatopoeia

words that sound like the sound they represent

Repetition

purposeful reuse of words ad phrases

Rhythm

arrangement of syllables to make rhythm

Rhyme

Repetition of syllables that sound alike at the end of words

Similie

A comparison using "like" or "as"

Metaphore

Compares 2 things as if they were the same without the words "like" or "as"

personification

the giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea

symbolism

A person, place or object which has a meaning in itself but suggests deeper meanings as well

Connotation

emotions tied to words

Denotation

The dictionary definition of a word

Paradox

Statement that seems contradictory

Oxymoron

A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.

Euphemism

An understatement used to lessen the effect of a statement

Idiom

figures of speech, common sayings

Allusion

a reference to something literary, mythological, or historical that the author assumes the reader will recognize

What is enjabment?

lines ends in the middle of a sentence

Blank verse

precise meter with no rhyme

Rhymed poetry

A poem with a specific rhyme scheme

Free verse

Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme

ballad

poetic/musical pattern, rhymed quatrains

Sonnet

14 lines, topic of love (sometimes), internal verse rhyme

limerick

5 line, single stanza, AABBA rhyme, short tale, often funny