Flashcards
Voices in verse
Flashcards do conjunto (14)
- 1AllusionA reference to a well-known person, event, place, literary work, or work of art
- 2Contrastv. To take notice of differences; n. a difference between people or things that are being compared
- 3Figurative LanguageWriting or speech that is not meant to be taken literally
- 4Free VersePoetry not written in a regular, rhythmical pattern, or meter
- 5GenreA division or type of literature
- 6ImageA word or phase that appeals to one or more of the 5 senses
- 7MeterA poem's Rhythmical pattern
- 8PoetryA type of literature that usually makes use of highly concise, musical, and emotional charged language
- 9Repetition1. persuasive technique in which the writer says something repeatedly for effect; 2. the use, more than once, of any element of language—a sound, word, phrase, clause, or sentence
- 10Rhythmthe pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in spoken or written language
- 11Speakerthe imaginary voice a poet uses when writing a poem
- 12Stanzaa group of lines of poetry that are usually similar in length and pattern and are separated by spaces
- 13StereoscopeA device that combines 2 images to give an illusion of depth
- 14ThemeA central message, concern, or purpose in a literary work