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A poetic style, also called the "Shakespearean Sonnet" that consists of 14 lines, 3 quatrains and a couplet, is written in iambic pentameter and has an abab/cdcd/efef/gg rhyme scheme.
The Bard's Sonnet 116: http://www.shakespeare-online.com/sonnets/116.html
Allegory- A story in which people, things, and happenings have a hidden or symbolic meaning; allegories are used for teaching and explaining ideas, moral principle, etc.
The story of the prodigal son: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+15:11-32&version=NIV
Analogy: A comparison between two things that are similar in some way, often used to help explain something or make it easier to understand. http://sb058.k12.sd.us/Grammar/analogies.htm
1. (Literature / Rhetoric) Rhetoric a word or expression used in a figurative sense 2. (Music, other) an interpolation of words or music into the plainsong settings of the Roman Catholic liturgy
Shakespeare's Sonnet 18: Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
DEFINITION: The narrator of or a character in a literary work, sometimes identified with the author.
EXAMPLE: When Shakespeare writes “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” the I represents Shakespeare (the narrator of the poem). Shakespeare sonnet #18: http://www.artofeurope.com/shakespeare/sha3.htm
Simile: DEFINITION: (noun) a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared, as in “she is like a rose.”
Metaphor: DEFINITION: (noun) a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our god.”
DEFINITION: The narrator of or a character in a literary work, sometimes identified with the author. EXAMPLE: When Shakespeare writes “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” the I represents Shakespeare (the narrator of the poem). Shakespeare sonnet #18: http://www.artofeurope.com/shakespeare/sha3.htm
A figure of speech that combines terms that are contradictory.
Oxymorons may be used as puns where, due to the contradictory words, two meanings are implied. They may also be used to highlight the contradictions in nature by creating intentional paradoxes.
Elegy: a poem or song of lament and praise for the dead
Example:
"Elegy on His Cat" by Joachim Du Bellay I have not lost my rings, my purse, My gold, my gems-my loss is worse, One that the stoutest heart must move. My pet, my joy, my little love, My tiny kitten, my Belaud, I lost, alas, three days ago.
Tool: The Day of the Dead in Mexico is an example of an elegy, since it is a time when they remember the dead. http://www.visityakima.com/fall-into-yakima/slides/diaDeLosMuertos2.jpg
Motifs are recurring structures, contrasts, and literary devices that can help to develop and inform the text’s major themes.
Example: Night and day, nature and the iron links of the Puritan colony as well as the colors red, black and gray are all motifs within The Scarlet Letter.
Assonance: The use of a repeated vowel sound in different words Consonance: The use of a repeated consonant sound in different words The poem “We Real Cool” by Gwendolyn Brooks shows examples of assonance and consonance. The line “We lurk late” is an example of consonance because of the repeated “l” consonant. An example of assonance is in the line “We thin gin.” Audio: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3kF6MGBjzk&feature=related Text: http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15433
definition: the repetition of two or more stressed syllables of a word group either with the same consonant sound/sound of a group of consonants or with a vowel sound that may differ from syllable to syllable in the same line or stanza
example: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. A peck of pickles Peter Piper picked If Peter Piper picked a peck of picked peppers, How many pickled peppers did Peter Piper pick?
how to remember: How much wood would a woodchuck chuck If a woodchuck would chuck wood? A woodchuck would chuck all the wood he could chuck If a woodchuck would chuck wood.
Apostrophe: A passage in which an absent or imaginary person or an abstract or inanimate entity is addressed directly Example: http://www.readbookonline.net/read/3394/13208/
Meter is the rhythmic structure of the lines in a poem. It involves both the number of syllables in the lines and which of these syllables are stressed. There are six types of meters: Iambic meter, Trochaic meter, Anapestic Meter, Dactylic, Spondee Meter and Pyrrhic Meter. These may occur any number of times in the lines, but in a regular pattern. Example: William Shakespeare, a poetically inclined playwright, wrote all of his plays and sonnets in iambic pentameter.
Rhymes are two words that sound alike. They are not used in all modern poetry, but occur in some, particularly popular songs, to provide a sense of order. Example: I was loathe to think of a rhyme But soon discovered it took little time.
–noun Rhetoric a figure of speech that consists of the use of the name of one object or concept for that of another to which it is related, or of which it is a part.
example: “the bottle” for “strong drink,” or “count heads (or noses)” for “count people.”
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EXAMPLE: English Sonnet
A poetic style, also called the "Shakespearean Sonnet" that consists of 14 lines, 3 quatrains and a couplet, is written in iambic pentameter and has an abab/cdcd/efef/gg rhyme scheme.
The Bard's Sonnet 116: http://www.shakespeare-online.com/sonnets/116.html
Caesura
Definition: a sense pause, usually near the middle of a verse, and marked in scansion by a double vertical line.
Example: know then thyself ‖ presume not god to scan.
http://www.types-of-poetry.org.uk/52-caesura-literary-term.htm
Juxtaposition:
DEFINITION: An act or instance of placing close together or side by side, esp. for comparison or contrast.
EXAMPLE: The teacher put Andy and Tom in juxtaposition, because she knew that they had never talked to each other before.
http://www.cartoonstock.com/newscartoons/cartoonists/lpe/lowres/lpen3l.jpg
Allegory-
A story in which people, things, and happenings have a hidden or symbolic meaning; allegories are used for teaching and explaining ideas, moral principle, etc.
The story of the prodigal son: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+15:11-32&version=NIV
Analogy:
A comparison between two things that are similar in some way, often used to help explain something or make it easier to understand.
http://sb058.k12.sd.us/Grammar/analogies.htm
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1. (Literature / Rhetoric) Rhetoric a word or expression used in a figurative sense
2. (Music, other) an interpolation of words or music into the plainsong settings of the Roman Catholic liturgy
Shakespeare's Sonnet 18:
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
PERSONIFICATION :D
The idea of giving an inanimate object personality traits
"The lamp observed the room from his raised platform that was the shelf in the corner." - Peter Driscoll
http://tinyurl.com/2e6q3yb
Peter Driscoll
Cacophony:
A harsh disturbance of sound.
'The traffic in the city created a loud cacophony.'
by Cory
DEFINITION: The narrator of or a character in a literary work, sometimes identified with the author.
EXAMPLE: When Shakespeare writes “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” the I represents Shakespeare (the narrator of the poem).
Shakespeare sonnet #18: http://www.artofeurope.com/shakespeare/sha3.htm
MATTHEW FIEDLER
Simile:
DEFINITION: (noun) a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared, as in “she is like a rose.”
Metaphor:
DEFINITION: (noun) a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our god.”
http://knowgramming.com/metaphors/metaphor_and_simile_difference.htm
Persona:
DEFINITION: The narrator of or a character in a literary work, sometimes identified with the author.
EXAMPLE: When Shakespeare writes “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” the I represents Shakespeare (the narrator of the poem).
Shakespeare sonnet #18: http://www.artofeurope.com/shakespeare/sha3.htm
MATTHEW FIEDLER
LAURA GOETZ
Paradox: A statement that is self contradictory, even though at first it seems true.
Example: “If this sentence is true, then Santa Claus is real” –Curry’s Paradox
Tool: http://www.yourdictionary.com/grammar/examples/examples-of-paradox.html
Oxymoron:
A figure of speech that combines terms that are contradictory.
Oxymorons may be used as puns where, due to the contradictory words, two meanings are implied. They may also be used to highlight the contradictions in nature by creating intentional paradoxes.
Examples: irregular pattern, deafening silence, forward retreat, quiet riot, serious joke, silent scream, sweet sorrow
More oxymorons: http://www.oxymoronlist.com/
Francesco Di Caprio
An internal rhyme is a rhyme that occurs in a line of a verse.
Example: “Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,”
Many of Edgar Allan Poe’s poems use internal rhyme, such as The Raven: http://poestories.com/read/raven
--Ellie
Elegy: a poem or song of lament and praise for the dead
Example:
"Elegy on His Cat" by Joachim Du Bellay
I have not lost my rings, my purse,
My gold, my gems-my loss is worse,
One that the stoutest heart must move.
My pet, my joy, my little love,
My tiny kitten, my Belaud,
I lost, alas, three days ago.
Tool:
The Day of the Dead in Mexico is an example of an elegy, since it is a time when they remember the dead.
http://www.visityakima.com/fall-into-yakima/slides/diaDeLosMuertos2.jpg
Motifs are recurring structures, contrasts, and literary devices that can help to develop and inform the text’s major themes.
Example: Night and day, nature and the iron links of the Puritan colony as well as the colors red, black and gray are all motifs within The Scarlet Letter.
http://www.uncp.edu/home/canada/work/allam/general/glossary.htm
- Maddie
Synecdoche
Definition: A poetic device or figure of speech in which a part is used to represent the whole or the whole is used to represent a part.
Example: All hands on deck!
In this sentence hands are used to represent the sailors that they are a part of.
Tool:
http://www.cartoonstock.com/newscartoons/cartoonists/tzu/lowres/tzun38l.jpg
--Sam Wood
Assonance: The use of a repeated vowel sound in different words
Consonance: The use of a repeated consonant sound in different words
The poem “We Real Cool” by Gwendolyn Brooks shows examples of assonance and consonance. The line “We lurk late” is an example of consonance because of the repeated “l” consonant. An example of assonance is in the line “We thin gin.”
Audio: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3kF6MGBjzk&feature=related
Text: http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15433
Alliteration
definition: the repetition of two or more stressed syllables of a word group either with the same consonant sound/sound of a group of consonants or with a vowel sound that may differ from syllable to syllable in the same line or stanza
example: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
A peck of pickles Peter Piper picked
If Peter Piper picked a peck of picked peppers,
How many pickled peppers did Peter Piper pick?
how to remember: How much wood would a woodchuck chuck
If a woodchuck would chuck wood?
A woodchuck would chuck all the wood he could chuck
If a woodchuck would chuck wood.
Apostrophe:
A passage in which an absent or imaginary person or an abstract or inanimate entity is addressed directly
Example:
http://www.readbookonline.net/read/3394/13208/
Hyperbole -
An obvious and intentional exaggeration.
Example:
I have been there a million times.
http://www.nationalcenter.org/ConcordHymn.html
Danny O'Shea
Euphemism:
Definition: when an offensive term is substituted with an inoffensive term
Example: “let go,” “separated,” and “terminated” are euphemisms for getting fired
http://www.cartoonstock.com/directory/e/euphemisms.asp
Lexi Taylor
Meter is the rhythmic structure of the lines in a poem. It involves both the number of syllables in the lines and which of these syllables are stressed. There are six types of meters: Iambic meter, Trochaic meter, Anapestic Meter, Dactylic, Spondee Meter and Pyrrhic Meter. These may occur any number of times in the lines, but in a regular pattern.
Example: William Shakespeare, a poetically inclined playwright, wrote all of his plays and sonnets in iambic pentameter.
Rhymes are two words that sound alike. They are not used in all modern poetry, but occur in some, particularly popular songs, to provide a sense of order.
Example: I was loathe to think of a rhyme
But soon discovered it took little time.
Andrew M. Monserud
Tools: http://www.poetryamerica.com/ryhmeinpoetry.asp
Metonymy
–noun Rhetoric
a figure of speech that consists of the use of the name of one object or concept for that of another to which it is related, or of which it is a part.
example:
“the bottle” for “strong drink,” or “count heads (or noses)” for “count people.”
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/metonymy
maria
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