Poetry Flashcards
(23 cards)
What are the four different types of writing
-creative writing (including poetry)
-structured writing
-expository writing
-literary anyalsis
What are 6 figures of speech
Simile, metaphor, personification, apostrophe, hyperbole, irony
What is a simile
A simile is a direct comparison. It usually contains the words like or as
Eg:my love is like a red rose
What is a metaphor
A metaphor is an indirect comparison.
Eg:the isolated cabin was an oven
(The person is comparing a cabin to an oven; however, the words “like” and “as” are not used
What is personification
When an item is given human characteristics. It is a kind of metaphor
Eg:the moon winked from above the horizon
What is an apostrophe
Addressing/speaking to an item
Eg:roll on, thou deep and dark blue ocean,roll!
What is a hyperbole
An exaggeration in speech
Eg:this exam is going to kill me
What is irony
Saying the opposite of what you’re trying to say in a sarcastic way
Eg :you’ve been sulking all evening. That’s a fine way for a young man to behave!
What is Alliteration
Repetition of the same consonant sounds in a phrase
Eg:see a teakettle spout steaming
What is onomatopoeia
The use of words to imitate the sounds they describe
Eg:Splish-splash
What are 4 different poetic devices
Alliteration, onomatopoeia, assonance, rhyme
What is rhyme
Repetition of vowel and consonant sounds at the end of a word
Eg:the clown took a crown
-for a rhyme the ending must be the same
What is assonance
The repetition of vowel sounds
Eg:go slow over the road
What is a meter
-Meter is the rhythmic structure of a poem
-you can find the meter of a poem by finding the stressed and unstressed syllables In each line
How do you count the meter
1.find the stressed and unstressed words
2.add slashes and
What is the name for 1foot ,2feet ,3…etc
One foot:monometer
Two feet:dimeter
Three feet:trimeter
Four feet:tetrameter
Five feet: pentameter
What is an iambic pentameter
When there are 5 feet in a line, and each foot starts off with an unstressed syllable, followed by a stressed
What is a free verse
When a poem does not follow any specific pattern
What meter is MSND
An iambic pentameter, but a lot of the lines do not follow the meter
What is the meter, theme, and genre of hanging fire
Meter:free verse
Theme:growing up, insecurities
Genre: lyric poem
What is the meter, theme, and genre of there’s a hole in my sidewalk
Meter:free verse
Genre:autobiography
Theme: self discovery, perservering
What is the meter, theme, and genre of my last duchess
Meter: iambic pentameter
Genre: dramatic monologue
Theme:political and social power
During a haiku, what should you do/not do
-try to not use metaphors/similes
-do not be direct, show what you’re trying to say through imagery
Eg:don’t say “I saw the beautiful moon” but rather, “the moon conjured a silvery street in my room”
