Language and Literature | Grade 8 | Final Exam | Poetry and Literary Terms

repetition of initial consonant sounds; used to draw attention to certain words or ideas, to imitate sounds, and to create musical effects (EX: sacred stone, silver shoon) Also doesn’t have to start with the same letter can end in a “st” sound like “first-water star”)

reference to a well-know person, place, event, literary work, or work of art (Ex. On the “Wreck of the Hesperus” the daughter prayed to be saved and thought of Christ, calming the waters in the Sea of Galilee – Reference to Jesus)

song-like poem that tells a story;often one dealing with adventure and romance; most are written in four-to six-line stanzas and have regular rhythms and rhyme schemes; often features a refrain

poetry written in un-rhymed iambic pentameter lines (EX: William Shakespeare)

poem with a shape that suggests its subject; poet arranges the letters, punctuation, and lines to create an image (Ex: 400 meter… shows the swimmer swimming laps then flipping around to start again.

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a subject is spoken of (written) as if it were something else; several comparisons made (see metaphor; Ex.

In the “Centaur” the girl pretends she’s the horse and rider)

writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally; know as “figures of speech”; used to stated ideas in vivid and imaginative ways (EX: metaphor, simile, and personification)

poetry not written in a regular rhythmical pattern; may contain lines of any length or with any number of stresses (beats)

three-line Japanese verse form; 5-7-5 syllables; three lines; writer uses images to create a single, vivid picture-generally about nature

word or phrase that appeals to one or more of the 5 senses; used to describe how the subject looks, feels, sounds, tastes, and smells

short, humorous poem of 5 lines; 1st, 2nd, and 5th rhyme–3rd and 4th rhyme; rhyming lines have the same rhythm

short, highly musical poem; expresses the observations and feelings of a single speaker; short, musical poem that expresses feelings

figure of speech in which something is said/described to be something else; points out a similarity between 2 unlike things; (Ex: Stars are great drops of golden dew.

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rhythmical patter of a poem; determined by the number of stresses (beats) in each line

story told in a verse (as a poem); often has all the elements of a short story (characters,settings, plot, etc)

use of words that imitate sounds (EX: crash, buzz, screech, neigh)

type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics (Ex. The Sun walks to the sky’s middle, shining gloriously – The sun can’t walk.)

one of the major types of literature; can be divided into lines and stanzas and often employ regular rhythmical patters (meters); can be written out like prose or free verse; can use concise, musical, and emotionally charged language; can use imagery, figurative language, and special sound devices

a regularly repeated line or group of lines in a poem or song

the use, more than once, of any element of language in prose and poetry (EX: sound, word, phrase, clause)

the repetition of sounds at the ends of words; many traditional-style poems contain end rhymes (rhymes at the end of a line)

a regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem; indicated (in a poem) by lowercase letters; each rhyme=different letter (EX: sonnet-ababcdcdefefgg)

the pattern of beats, or stresses, in spoken or written language

writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the 5 senses

a figure of speech that uses “like” or “as” to make a direct comparison between two unlike ideas ( Ex. Her eyes sparkled like the moon’s reflection in the clear ocean.)

the imaginary voice assumed by the writer of a poem; the character who tells the poem, often not identified by name

a formal division of lines in a poem; separated by spaces; function like a paragraph in a prose; states and develops a main idea

The force opposing the main character

Character that changes during the course of the story

Does not change in the course of the story

The main character

Character that only has one trait

A character that has many sides

A character is familiar with stereotypes

Character os one whose continuing his/her actions

The point of greatest intensity, interest, or suspense in a story

The struggle between two opposing forces or characters

Spoken words between two or more characters in a story

The comparison of two unlike things without using like or as

The comparison of two unlike things using like or as

Usually a story a god or gods, that is intended to to explain something unknowable

The person who tells the story. It may be a major or a minor character in the story or someone who is not in the story at all

Giving non-human things human characteristics

The event as they happen in the story

The time and place in which the events of a story occur

Repetition go sounds in nearby words

A person’s account of his or her own life

A detailed account of a person’s life written by someone else

Unrhymed iambic pentameter

A poem written in a special shape shape that usually the poem’s subject

Two consecutive lines of poetry

A long narrative poem telling about good deeds or a great hero

A scene in a piece when you remember the past

An indication of something that may happen later in the story

Poetry which has no regular patterns of rhyme , meter or line length

Different contrast

A word whose sound suggest its meaning

A few

The vantage point from which the story is seen or told

Writing in normal sentences or paragraphs

The placing or words with similar ending sounds

Im drama, a speech delivered by character

A lyrical poem consisting of 14 lines

A Grouping of several lines

The quality of a story that makes the reader

The main idea of a story, often expressed as an insight about life

Another name for poetry

An overused, tired expression

Is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters.

Irony when it isn’t expected

When a person says or writes one thing and means another