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Alliteration
repetition of consonant sounds at beginning of word
allusion
writer refers to a person, place, or something that happened and is commonly known
caesura
pause within a line of poetry
conceit
extended metaphor over several lines of text (shakespeare's sonnet 73
connotation
feeling or idea that a word has in addition to its literal meaning (negative, positive)
consonance
repetition of consonant sound anywhere in word, with different vowel sounds
couplet
2 line stanza, rhymes
dramatic monologue
poem written in the form of a speech of an individual character to a silent audience
enjambment
run the lines of a poem from one to the next without using a terminating punctuation
epistolary
works of fiction written in letters or other documents
foil
character who contrasts with another character (usually protagonist)
imagery
visual descriptions or figurative language that appeals to 5 senses
juxtaposition
opposing lines, when you put 2 things together, opposites
metaphor
comparison not using like or as
narration
a narrator's or speaker's perspective that controls the details and emphases that affect the readers, experience and interpret a text
onomatopoeia
a word that imitates the sound it represents.
personification
a literary device that gives human characteristics to nonhuman things or inanimate objects
petrarchan vs shakespearean sonnet
petrarchan- ABBAABBA CDCDCD, 1 octave, 1 sestet, Francesco Petrarca
shakespearean- ABAB CDCD EFEF GG, 3 quatrains, 1 couplet, William Shakespeare
quatrain
4 line stanza
rhetorical question
figure of speech where question is asked for a reason other than to get the answer, usually to persuade, don't answer question
rhyme scheme
pattern of rhymes at the end of each line of a poem or song
riddle
a puzzle or hidden meaning you have to figure out
simile
comparison using like or as
soliloquy
a monologue delivered when character is alone
stanza
group of lines in a poem, consisting of two or more lines as a unit
symbol
anything that stands for or represents something else
tone
Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character
romanticism
19th century artistic movement that appreciated nature, the individual, imagination, emotions, supernatural, common man and childhood
victorian era
during reign of Queen Victoria in Great Britain and its Empire(1837-1901)
antebellum south / post civil war era
decades leading up to civil war (slavery) / realism
harlem renaissance
poetry, fiction, and non-fiction written by Black American writers during the early twentieth century