PPT-Literary Terms in Poetry

WHAT IS A reference to a historical figure place or event A reference to a historical figure place or event ALLUSION The teams competed in a David and Goliath struggle ALLUSION WHAT IS. By Brian Chalmers. Poems not Written By me. Form. Line . -. A single verse of poetry. I . AM FAST AND FUN. I am fast and fun.. I can dream, dreams that nobody has dreamt before.. I would go on adventures all over the world.. Poetry. Noun. Literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm;.... A quality of beauty and intensity of emotion regarded as characteristic of poems: "poetry and fire are nicely balanced in the music".. EOCT Vocabulary. For every term, you should have…. The term listed. Definition. Example used in context. Visual aid. Allegory. Allegory. is a demonstrative form of representation explaining meaning other than the words that are spoken. Allegory communicates its message by means of symbolic figures, actions or symbolic representation. Allegory is generally treated as a figure of rhetoric, but an allegory does not have to be expressed in language: briefly, an allegory is a device used to present an idea, principle or meaning, which can be presented in literary form, such as a poem or novel, or in visual form, such as in painting or drawing. EOCT Vocabulary. Allegory. Allegory. . Allegory. . communicates its message by means of symbolic figures, actions or symbolic representation. . Alliteration. Alliteration is the repetition of identical beginning consonant sounds.. English novel Engl2349. . Dr. Sami S. . Breem. Plot. . plot/events/actions. . Aristotle’s plot-line/structure/diagram. introduction/exposition. . rising action/development. . climax/turning point. Lyric Poem. A poem that expresses the feelings or thoughts of a speaker rather than telling a story. Narrative poem. A poem that tells a story.. “A Tale of Starvation” by Amy Lowell (1874-1925). There once was a man whom the gods didn't love,. Vocab, & Grammar: . Practice AP Test #1. Multiple Choice. Do You Know:. PARALLELISM. Rhetorical and Literary Terms. PARALLELISM. is recurrent syntactical similarity. Several parts of a sentence or several sentences are expressed similarly to show that the ideas in the parts or sentences are equal in importance. Parallelism also adds balance and rhythm and, most importantly, clarity to the sentence.. Allegory. A symbolic narrative in which the surface details imply a secondary meaning. Allegory often takes the form of a story in which the characters represent moral qualities. The most famous example in English is John Bunyan's . ENG 233 American Literature. Prose vs. Poetry. Prose. Has specific structure: complete sentences, paragraphs. Examples: Novels, Short Stories, Academic Papers, anything that is not poetry. Poetry. Verse. Alfred, Lord Tennyson, ‘The Lady of . Shalott. ’:. On either side the river lie. Long fields of barley and of rye,. That clothe the . wold. and meet the sky:. And thro’ the field the road runs by. 2011. This is graded as the Semester . Project. Failure to do this project will have . a serious . adverse effect on the final grade in this class.. Assignment Due Date. Monday December . 17, . and. Tuesday . Tragedy:. A play in which a main character suffers a downfall as a result of outside forces or flaw. . Tragic flaw. : personality trait that leads to the downfall of the hero. en media res: (. Latin for “in the middle of things”) when the story starts in the middle of events, flashes back, then picks back up in real time. Connotation. The idea and feeling associated with a word as opposed to its dictionary definition (denotation).. The word “childlike” has . connotations.  of . innocence or immaturity while the . Literary Terms and Examples Symbolism: Using a symbol- a word or object that stands for an idea. What’s your example?? Foreshadowing: hints and clues that tip the reader off as to what is to come later in the work