Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

Poetry > Fundamental Vocabulary > Flashcards

Fundamental Vocabulary Flashcards

1
Q

Meter

A

Pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables established in a line of poetry

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Foot

A

A unit of meter. A metrical foot can have two or three syllables. Generally has one stressed and one or more unstressed syllables.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Iamb

A

Two-syllable foot with stress on 2nd syllable.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Trochee

A

Foot consisting of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

Anapest

A

Foot consisting of three syllables with the stress on the last syllable.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Spondee

A

Foot that consists of two stressed syllables (ex. Compound words). They’re often used for variation.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Dactyl

A

Foot containing three syllables with stress on the first syllable.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

Pyrrhic

A

Rare foot consisting of two unstressed syllables.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

Monometer

A

One-foot line

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

Dimeter

A

Two-foot line

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

Trimeter

A

Three-foot line

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

Tetrameter

A

Four-foot line

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

Pentameter

A

Five-foot line

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

Hexameter/Alexandrine

A

Six-foot line

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

Heptameter

A

Seven-foot line

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

Octometer

A

Eight-foot line

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

Rhymed Verse

A

Consists of verse with end rhyme and usually with a regular meter.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

Blank Verse

A

Consists of lines of iambic pentameter without end rhyme.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

Free Verse

A

Consists of lines that do not have a regular meter and do not contain rhyme.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

Rhyme

A

Similarity of likeness of sound between two words. True rhyme should consist of identical sounding syllables that are stressed with different letters preceding the vowel sounds.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

Near/off/slant rhyme

A

Rhyme based on imperfect or incomplete correspondence of end syllables.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
22
Q

End Rhyme

A

Rhyme occurring at the ends of two or more lines of verse.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
23
Q

Internal Rhyme

A

Rhyme of two or more words within the same line of verse.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
24
Q

Masculine Rhyme

A

Occurs when one syllable of a word rhymes with another word.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
25
Q

Feminine Rhyme

A

Occurs when last two syllables of a word rhyme with another word (ex. Lawful and awful).

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
26
Q

Triple Rhyme

A

Occurs when the last three syllables of a word or line rhyme.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
27
Q

Rhyme Scheme

A

Pattern or sequence in which rhyme occurs.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
28
Q

Alliteration

A

Repetition of initial letter or sound in two or more words in a line of verse.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
29
Q

Onomatopoeia

A

Use of a word to represent or imitate natural sounds.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
30
Q

Assonance

A

Similarity or repetition of a vowel sound in two or more words.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
31
Q

Consonance

A

Repetition of consonant sounds within a line of verse.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
32
Q

Refrain

A

Repetition of one or more phrases or lines at intervals in a poem, usually at the end of a stanza.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
33
Q

Repetition

A

Reiteration of a word or phrase within a poem.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
34
Q

Figure of Speech

A

An expression in which the words are used in a nonliteral sense to present a figure, picture , or image.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
35
Q

Simile

A

Direct or explicit comparison between two usually unrelated things indicating a likeness or similarity between some attribute found in both things.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
36
Q

Metaphor

A

Implied comparison between two usually unrelated things indicating a likeness or analogy found in both things.

37
Q

Personification

A

The attribution of human characteristics to inanimate objects, ideas, or animals.

38
Q

Synecdoche

A

Technique of mentioning a part of something to represent the whole (ex. All hands on deck!).

39
Q

Metonymy

A

The substitution of a word naming an object for another word closely associated with it (ex. Pay tribute to the crown.).

40
Q

Symbol

A

A word or image that signifies something other that what it literally represents.

41
Q

Allegory

A

A narrative or description having a second meaning beneath the surface one.

42
Q

Overstatement

A

An exaggeration for the sake of emphasis not to be taken literally.

43
Q

Understatement

A

Consists of saying less than one means, or if saying what one means with less force than the occasion warrants.

44
Q

Antithesis

A

Balancing or contrasting of one term against another.

45
Q

Apostrophe

A

Addressing of someone or something usually not present as though present.

46
Q

Dramatic Irony

A

A device by which the author implies a different meaning from that intended by the speaker (or a speaker) in a work. An incongruity or discrepancy between what a character says or things and what the reader knows to be true (or between what a character perceives and what the author intends the reader to perceive).

47
Q

Irony of Situation

A

Situation in which there is an incongruity between actual circumstances and those that would seem appropriate or between what is anticipated and what actually comes to pass.

48
Q

Verbal Irony

A

A figure of speech in which what is meant is the opposite of what is said.

49
Q

Paradox

A

A statement or situation containing apparently contradictory or incompatible elements.

50
Q

Oxymoron

A

A compact paradox with two contradictory words side by side.

51
Q

Stanza

A

Division of a poem based on thought or form. Marked by rhyme scheme when based on form. Known by number of lines they contain.

52
Q

Couplet

A

Two-line stanza.

53
Q

Triplet

A

Three-line stanza.

54
Q

Quatrain

A

Four-line stanza.

55
Q

Sestet

A

Six-line stanza.

56
Q

Septet

A

Seven-line stanza.

57
Q

Octave

A

Eight-line stanza.

58
Q

Heroic/Closed Couplet

A

Consists of two successive rhyming verses that contain a complete thought within the two lines; usually iambic pentameter.

59
Q

Terza Rima

A

Three-line stanza form with an interlaced or interwoven rhyme scheme: aba,bcb,cdc,ded,etc; usually iambic pentameter.

60
Q

Limerick

A

Five-like nonsense poem with anapestic meter. Usually aabba. The first, second, and fifth lines have three stresses; the third and fourth have two.

61
Q

Ballad Stanza

A

Consists of four lines with rhyme scheme of abcb. First and third lines tetrameter and second and fourth are trimeter.

62
Q

Rime Royal

A

Stanza of seven lines in iambic pentameter rhyming ababbcc.

63
Q

Ottova Rima

A

Consists of eight iambic pentameter lines with rhyme scheme abababcc.

64
Q

Spenserian Stanza

A

Nine-line Stanza with eight iambic pentameter lines followed by alexandrine (iambic hexameter). Rhyme scheme is ababbcbcc.

65
Q

Sonnet

A

Fourteen-like stanza form of iambic pentameter lines.

66
Q

Petrarchan/Italian Sonnet

A

Divided in to eight lines called octave, using two rimes abbaabba, and six lines called the sestet using any arrangement of either two or three rimes (cdcdcd and cdecde common). Division corresponds to division of thought.

67
Q

English/Shakespearean Sonnet

A

Three quatrains and concluding couplet, riming abab cdcd efef gg. Division and thoughts often correspond.

68
Q

Villanelle

A

Consists of five tercets and a quatrain in which the first and third lines of the opening tercet recur alternately at the end of the other tercets and together as the last two lines of the quatrain.

69
Q

Elegy

A

Usually a poem that mourns the death of an individual, the absence of something deeply loved, or the transience of mankind.

70
Q

Lyric

A

Most widely used type of poem, so diverse in format that rigid definition is impossible. Several key factors:
Limited length, intensely subjective, personal expression of personal emotion, thoughts and feelings of one speaker, highly imaginative, regular rhyme scheme.

71
Q

Ode

A

Exalted, complex, rapturous lyric poem written about a dignified, lofty subject.

72
Q

Allusion

A

A reference in literature or art to previous literature, history, mythology, current events, or scripture.

73
Q

Anachronism

A

An element in a story that is out of its time frame; sometimes used to create humorous or jarring effect but sometimes just poor research.

74
Q

Anecdote

A

Short and often personal story used to emphasize a point, to develop a character or theme, or to inject humor.

75
Q

Antecedent

A

The word or phrase to which a pronoun refers.

76
Q

Aphorism

A

A terse statement that expresses a general truth or moral principle; sometimes considered a folk proverb.

77
Q

Archetype

A

A character, situation, or symbol that is familiar to people from all cultures due to frequency in literature, myth, religion, or folklore.

78
Q

Conceit

A

A far-fetched comparison between two seemingly unlike things; an extended metaphor that gains appeal from its unusual or extraordinary comparison.

79
Q

Connotation

A

Associations a word calls to mind beyond basic definition

80
Q

Enjambment

A

The running over of a sentence from one verse or stanza into the next without stopping at the end of the first. When it does stop at the end it’s called “end stopped line”.

81
Q

Imagery

A

Anything that affects or appeals to the reader’s senses: visual, tactile, auditory, olfactory, gustatory.

82
Q

Narrative Poem

A

A poem that tells a story

83
Q

Parable

A

A short story illustrating a moral or religious lesson.

84
Q

Parody

A

A comical imitation of a serious piece with the intent of ridiculing the author or his work.

85
Q

Pastoral

A

A poem, play, or story that celebrates and idealizes the simple life of shepherds. The term has also come to refer to an artistic work that portrays rural life in this way.

86
Q

Pathos

A

The quality of a literary work or passage which appeals to the reader or viewer’s emotions; different than tragic hero because pathetic figure seems to suffer with no fault of his own.

87
Q

Pun

A

Humorous play on words that have several meanings or words that sound the same and have different meanings.

88
Q

Satire

A

Use of humor to ridicule and expose the shortcomings and failings of society, individuals, and institutions, often in the hope that reform is possible.

Poetry (1 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2024 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions