glossary of literary terms
... ALLEGORY A tale in prose or verse in which characters, actions, or settings represent abstract ideas or moral qualities. Thus, an allegory has two meanings, a literal meaning and a symbolic meaning. The most famous allegory in English is John Bunyan’s The Pilgrim Progress (1678). A well-known Americ ...
... ALLEGORY A tale in prose or verse in which characters, actions, or settings represent abstract ideas or moral qualities. Thus, an allegory has two meanings, a literal meaning and a symbolic meaning. The most famous allegory in English is John Bunyan’s The Pilgrim Progress (1678). A well-known Americ ...
Poetry Planner
... The words that are read provide new vocabulary for the pupils, writing the sentences helps to give a context for remembering the meaning, as do the poems. The poems allow pupils to practice reading the words in context repeatedly in an enjoyable way. Frequent rereading of the words is essential, poe ...
... The words that are read provide new vocabulary for the pupils, writing the sentences helps to give a context for remembering the meaning, as do the poems. The poems allow pupils to practice reading the words in context repeatedly in an enjoyable way. Frequent rereading of the words is essential, poe ...
An abstract style (in writing)
... *Chiasmus: a figure of speech by which the order of the terms in the first of two parallel clauses is reversed in the second. This may involve a repetition of the same words. "Pleasure's a sin, and sometimes sin's a pleasure" -Byron. "Beauty is truth, truth beauty"-Keats. It is named after the Greek ...
... *Chiasmus: a figure of speech by which the order of the terms in the first of two parallel clauses is reversed in the second. This may involve a repetition of the same words. "Pleasure's a sin, and sometimes sin's a pleasure" -Byron. "Beauty is truth, truth beauty"-Keats. It is named after the Greek ...
Poetry - WordPress.com
... In anapaestic metre, named after the anapaest ([colloquial][colloquial][vulgar]), the pattern is reversed: Of your fainting, dispirited race (Arnold: anapaestic trimeter) Dactylic and anapaestic verse is not usually composed purely of dactyls and anapaests, however: other feet or additional syllable ...
... In anapaestic metre, named after the anapaest ([colloquial][colloquial][vulgar]), the pattern is reversed: Of your fainting, dispirited race (Arnold: anapaestic trimeter) Dactylic and anapaestic verse is not usually composed purely of dactyls and anapaests, however: other feet or additional syllable ...
Tercet Poems - NormanSchwagler
... My sister won’t leave me alone and won’t go go go. My mom is telling me to play with her and talk low low low Now my sister is being a sissy and singing ...
... My sister won’t leave me alone and won’t go go go. My mom is telling me to play with her and talk low low low Now my sister is being a sissy and singing ...
Handy reference for students: Reading and Literary Terms
... Folktale: An old story that was originally told orally, or by word of mouth, passed down from generation to generation. Foreshadowing: The use of clues by a writer to prepare the reader for future developments in a story, novel, or play. Free verse: Poetry that is unrhymed and arranged in lines and ...
... Folktale: An old story that was originally told orally, or by word of mouth, passed down from generation to generation. Foreshadowing: The use of clues by a writer to prepare the reader for future developments in a story, novel, or play. Free verse: Poetry that is unrhymed and arranged in lines and ...
Poetry Writing Workshop and Book Signing With Nick Norwood
... Nick Norwood is a poet and the author of the acclaimed and award-winning collection Gravel and Hawk, which won the Hollis Summers Prize in Poetry and was published by Ohio University Press in 2012. His poems have appeared in many journals, online sites, and broadcasts, as well as winning a number of ...
... Nick Norwood is a poet and the author of the acclaimed and award-winning collection Gravel and Hawk, which won the Hollis Summers Prize in Poetry and was published by Ohio University Press in 2012. His poems have appeared in many journals, online sites, and broadcasts, as well as winning a number of ...
Literary terms to discuss prose and verse • Sound • Verse
... Sibilance: recurrence of the hissing sounds called sibilants (usually spelt s, sh, c, zh) ...
... Sibilance: recurrence of the hissing sounds called sibilants (usually spelt s, sh, c, zh) ...
Poetry Notes
... And the stars never rise but I feel the bright eyes Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side Of my darling, my darling, my life and my bride, In the sepulchre there by the sea, In her tomb by the sounding sea. ...
... And the stars never rise but I feel the bright eyes Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side Of my darling, my darling, my life and my bride, In the sepulchre there by the sea, In her tomb by the sounding sea. ...
literary elements1
... A type of meter in poetry, in which there are five iambs to a line. An example of an iambic pentameter line from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is "But soft!/ What light/ through yon/der win/dow breaks?" Another, from Richard III, is "A horse!/ A horse!/ My king/dom for/ a horse!" (The stressed syll ...
... A type of meter in poetry, in which there are five iambs to a line. An example of an iambic pentameter line from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is "But soft!/ What light/ through yon/der win/dow breaks?" Another, from Richard III, is "A horse!/ A horse!/ My king/dom for/ a horse!" (The stressed syll ...
The Metrical Foot
... alliteration – repetition of the initial consonant sound; can also occur at the beginning of a stressed syllable assonance – repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds, especially in stressed syllables, in a sequence of nearby words. consonance – repetition of a sequence of two or more consonan ...
... alliteration – repetition of the initial consonant sound; can also occur at the beginning of a stressed syllable assonance – repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds, especially in stressed syllables, in a sequence of nearby words. consonance – repetition of a sequence of two or more consonan ...
http://www - RP Classes
... frame -- a literary device used to "set-up" a story by providing a reason for telling it; the frame is not essential to the story itself; for example, the storytelling/manuscript frame that opens The Turn of the Screw. distancing - - using techniques such as mockery, ridicule, direct address of the ...
... frame -- a literary device used to "set-up" a story by providing a reason for telling it; the frame is not essential to the story itself; for example, the storytelling/manuscript frame that opens The Turn of the Screw. distancing - - using techniques such as mockery, ridicule, direct address of the ...
Stanza: paragraph Rhyme Scheme: ABAB ABBA
... You so filled with joy B The happiness of a boy B That fills you with glee A ...
... You so filled with joy B The happiness of a boy B That fills you with glee A ...
Literary Terms
... 32. stream-of-consciousness—form of writing in which a character or narrator’s thoughts flow together as they go through the character’s mind; can be confusing 33. subplot—smaller plots within the story that help to develop the main plot ...
... 32. stream-of-consciousness—form of writing in which a character or narrator’s thoughts flow together as they go through the character’s mind; can be confusing 33. subplot—smaller plots within the story that help to develop the main plot ...
Writing of Poetry: Final Project Part One: Poetry Portfolio (35 pts
... Part One: Poetry Portfolio (35 pts.) The poetry portfolio is a collection of all the poems that you wrote in our last unit. Your poetry portfolio will need to include a haiku, limerick, sonnet, and ballad or cinquain. You will be writing one poem a week for the portfolio. There will be a total of fo ...
... Part One: Poetry Portfolio (35 pts.) The poetry portfolio is a collection of all the poems that you wrote in our last unit. Your poetry portfolio will need to include a haiku, limerick, sonnet, and ballad or cinquain. You will be writing one poem a week for the portfolio. There will be a total of fo ...
Poetry
... And often is his gold complexion dimm’d; And every fair from fair sometime declines, By chance or nature’s changing course untrimm’d; But thy eternal summer shall not fade Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest; Nor shall Death brag thou wander’st in his shade, W’hen in eternal lines to time th ...
... And often is his gold complexion dimm’d; And every fair from fair sometime declines, By chance or nature’s changing course untrimm’d; But thy eternal summer shall not fade Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest; Nor shall Death brag thou wander’st in his shade, W’hen in eternal lines to time th ...
Poetry Portfolio Project_PDF
... Use the checklist to track which poems you will include. Five different types of figurative language must be incorporated into at least five of the poems. (For example, you may use metaphors in all your poems but it only counts as one in the total.) A draft must be written for all poems (use t ...
... Use the checklist to track which poems you will include. Five different types of figurative language must be incorporated into at least five of the poems. (For example, you may use metaphors in all your poems but it only counts as one in the total.) A draft must be written for all poems (use t ...
Metaphysical and Romantic Poetry
... Metaphysical and Romantic Poetry Now that we have studied the poetry of John Donne, the Cavalier Poets and reviewed the major English Romantic poets, it's your turn to experiment with their styles in your own original writing. For this assignment, you will compose one poem in the Metaphysical or Cav ...
... Metaphysical and Romantic Poetry Now that we have studied the poetry of John Donne, the Cavalier Poets and reviewed the major English Romantic poets, it's your turn to experiment with their styles in your own original writing. For this assignment, you will compose one poem in the Metaphysical or Cav ...
Medieval Ballads
... Poems set to music Sung by common people Origins remain a mystery Composed between 1200-1500 Multiple versions of most ballads Use of refrains (repetition) Used a chorus occasionally No elaborate detail in plot, setting, or character Focus on a crisis Dialogue is used Subjects are love, death, and r ...
... Poems set to music Sung by common people Origins remain a mystery Composed between 1200-1500 Multiple versions of most ballads Use of refrains (repetition) Used a chorus occasionally No elaborate detail in plot, setting, or character Focus on a crisis Dialogue is used Subjects are love, death, and r ...
Sound Devices
... FUNCTIONS OF CONSONANCE • The use of consonance provides the structure of poetry with a rhyming effect. The writer normally employs the tool of consonance for the purpose of reiterating the significance of an idea or theme. • Further, the use of the device makes the structure of poetry or prose app ...
... FUNCTIONS OF CONSONANCE • The use of consonance provides the structure of poetry with a rhyming effect. The writer normally employs the tool of consonance for the purpose of reiterating the significance of an idea or theme. • Further, the use of the device makes the structure of poetry or prose app ...
Chapter 5 Phonological Overregularity
... Blank verse consists of lines in iambic pentameter which do not rhyme. These are very common in English literature: Shakespere’s characters (the late sixteenth century) frequently speak in blank verse and other examples include Milton’s epic poem, Paradise Lose (17th century), Wordsworth’s The Prelu ...
... Blank verse consists of lines in iambic pentameter which do not rhyme. These are very common in English literature: Shakespere’s characters (the late sixteenth century) frequently speak in blank verse and other examples include Milton’s epic poem, Paradise Lose (17th century), Wordsworth’s The Prelu ...
5 Phonological Overregularity Main topics Part A: Phonemic
... Blank verse consists of lines in iambic pentameter which do not rhyme. These are very common in English literature: Shakespere’s characters (the late sixteenth century) frequently speak in blank verse and other examples include Milton’s epic poem, Paradise Lose (17th century), Wordsworth’s The Prel ...
... Blank verse consists of lines in iambic pentameter which do not rhyme. These are very common in English literature: Shakespere’s characters (the late sixteenth century) frequently speak in blank verse and other examples include Milton’s epic poem, Paradise Lose (17th century), Wordsworth’s The Prel ...
The Rhyme and Reason of Poetry Therapy
... respond to such a poem, I would have told him, “I don’t know if it would be a good idea.” Wesley recited the poem, which ends with, ...you are not in your usual places. Your voice does not echo back from the open door. Your singing no longer breaks my train of thought, only the thought of you. When ...
... respond to such a poem, I would have told him, “I don’t know if it would be a good idea.” Wesley recited the poem, which ends with, ...you are not in your usual places. Your voice does not echo back from the open door. Your singing no longer breaks my train of thought, only the thought of you. When ...
english 10 - New Paltz Central School District
... That time of year thou mayst in me behold When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang Upon those boughs which shake against the cold, Bare ruined choirs, where late the sweetbirds sang. In me thou see’st the twilight of such day As after sunset fadeth in the west; Which by and by black night doth t ...
... That time of year thou mayst in me behold When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang Upon those boughs which shake against the cold, Bare ruined choirs, where late the sweetbirds sang. In me thou see’st the twilight of such day As after sunset fadeth in the west; Which by and by black night doth t ...