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Carpe Diem
"Seize the day"
TERM 2
Connotation
DEFINITION 2
associations and implications beyond the literal meaning of a
word.
TERM 3
epic
DEFINITION 3
a long narrative poem.
TERM 4
exact rhyme
DEFINITION 4
share the same stressed vowel sounds and sounds following
the vowel or when the last part of a word or phrase sounds
identical to the other.
TERM 5
exposition
DEFINITION 5
provides background info about characters and their
circumstances.
eye rhyme
words look alike but do not rhyme at all.
TERM 7
closed poetry
DEFINITION 7
has an established pattern.
TERM 8
hypocrite
DEFINITION 8
Hypocrisy is the act of persistently professing beliefs,
opinions, virtues, feelings, qualities, or standards that are
inconsistent with one's actions.
TERM 9
iambic pentameter
DEFINITION 9
5 iambic ft. per line, one unstressed sylable followed by a
stressed sylable.
TERM 10
Italian sonnet
DEFINITION 10
or petrachan sonnet, consists of an octave (8) and a sestet
(6) octave (abbaabba) sestet (cdecde, cdcdcd, cdccdc)
tragic dilemma
a flaw in a tragic hero that leads to his downfall.
TERM 17
alliteration
DEFINITION 17
repeatition of same consonent sounds
TERM 18
cartharsis
DEFINITION 18
purging of emotions
TERM 19
epiphany
DEFINITION 19
sudden realization
TERM 20
hyperbole
DEFINITION 20
"figure of speech" boldly exagerated statement
irony
unexpected expected
TERM 22
metaphor
DEFINITION 22
comparison with out like/as.
TERM 23
narrative poem
DEFINITION 23
poem that tells a story
TERM 24
personification
DEFINITION 24
giving human characteristics to nonhuman things.
TERM 25
posthumous
DEFINITION 25
published after death.
stream of consciousness
the most intense use of a central conciousness on narration.
TERM 32
prosody
DEFINITION 32
the music of oetry
TERM 33
meter
DEFINITION 33
determined by the number of feet or sections in a line of
poetry.
TERM 34
iamb
DEFINITION 34
smallest section or foot of poetry, is a two sylable ex: (da
duh)
TERM 35
hovering accent
DEFINITION 35
or spondee is two heavily accented feet of poetry, sitting side
by side.
onomatopoeia
using words that actually sound like their spelling ex: "buzz,
clang ring"
TERM 37
quatrain
DEFINITION 37
4 line section of poetry
TERM 38
free verse
DEFINITION 38
does not rhyme or is not concerned with line unity pertaining
to length, etc.
TERM 39
shakespearean sonnet
DEFINITION 39
consists of 3 quatrains (4) and a couplet (2) 4442
TERM 40
flat character
DEFINITION 40
begins the same in the story as they end.
