10th grade poetry
alliteration
repetition of first consonant sounds in several words close to one another
apostrophe
when a speaker address an absent or dead character as if it could respond
approximate
rhyme
assonance
ballad
blank verse
when two words share some ending sounds but don't rhyme completely
repetition of similar vowel sounds in words that do not rhyme
song that tells a story
unrhymed iambic pentameter
cliché
overused expression
consonance
repetition of final consnant sounds in words that don't actually rhyme
couplet
two consecutive rhyming lines
dissonance
harsh, unpleasant combination of sounds
elegy
poem mourning death or loss
end rhyme
end-stopped line
lines occurring at the ends of lines
line of poetry where a meaning and meter conclude at the end of the line
enjambment
carries a thought from one line to the next
epic
long poem about the deeds of a hero
comparison developed over several lines of a poem, elaborated with great
detail
extended metaphor
figurative language language that is not meant to be interpreted literally
free verse
poetry without regular meter or rhyme scheme
genre
haiku
category of literature
hymn
poem or song adressed to a divine being
hyperbole
extreme exaggeration for effect
line of poetry with 10 total syllables and a specific pattern of stressed and
unstressed syllables
language appealing to the sense of sight, helps the reader to visualize certain
details
iambic pentameter
imagery
internal rhyme
lyric poetry
metaphor
three line Japanese poem with a specific syllabic pattern
rhymes occurring within the same line
poetry written mainly for the purpose of expressing emotion
comparison of two unlike things which states that one thing actually is
something different
meter
narrative poem
pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
octave
eight line stanza
ode
poem written as a tribute, usually very formal
onomatopoeia
words that imitate sounds
parallelism
repetition of similar grammatical structure
personification
giving a human quality, ability, or description to something nonhuman
poem written for the main purpose of telling a story
proverb
short statement of wisdom about human experience
psalm
Hebrew poem used as a hymn
quatrain
four line stanza
refrain
part of a poem that is repeated
rhyme scheme
sensory language
pattern of end rhymes
sestet
language appealing to any of the senses
six line stanza
simile
sonnet
stanza
comparison of two unlike things using "like," "as," or "than"
tanka
five line Japanese poem
tercet
three line stanza
fourteen line lyric poem with a rhyme scheme
group of lines that forms a unit like a paragraph in a poem
dialogue
tall tale
legend
falling action
rising action
inciting incident
third person omniscient
verbal irony
unreliable narrator
universal themes
tone
third person limited point of view
theme
symbol
suspense
style
static character
situational irony
short story
setting
round character
resolution
protagonist
point of view
plot
omniscient narrator
myth
mood
9th grade novels/shorts
conversation between two or more characters
unrealistic story told as though you should believe it, i.e. Paul
Bunyan
story based on a small piece of historical truth that is embellished,
blown out of proportion
events occurring after the climax, leading up to resolution
events leading up to the climax, tension and problems build
event that starts conflict
when a story is told by a voice that isn't in the story, and that voice
has access to the thoughts of all characters
when you say one thing but mean something different--includes
sarcasm, understatement, overstatement
when a story is told by someone who may be distorting some facts
ideas found in literature on every continent
writer's attitude toward a particular subject, character, event,
audience
when a story is told by an outside voice who can access one
character's thoughts, but not others
message or lesson an author is trying to convey through a work of
literature
character, object, event, setting that stands for some bigger idea
than just itself
feeling of uncertainty or anxiety created in the reader
writer's unique way of using language
a character who stays mostly the same throughout a story
when actual events turn out to be very different from what you
would normally expect under a given set of circumstances
fiction story with a compressed plot, usually 10 pages or fewer
time and place of a story
a major character with many different character traits
final part of plot where the conflict is fixed
main character in a story
vantage point from which a story is told
series of events that make up a story
a narrator who can access characters' thoughts
story passed down by word of mouth that explains natural events
while entertaining
feeling a story creates in the reader
internal conflict
indirect characterization
foreshadowing
folk tale
flat character
flash forward
flashback
first-person narrator
fable
external conflict
exposition
dramatic irony
direct characterization
dialogue
climax
characterization
character
antagonist
ambiguity
allusion
allegory
a character's mental struggle, i.e. making a decision or accepting a
difficult fact
when a character's personality is revealed through actions,
interactions with others, and dialogue
clues an author gives us about what will happen later in a story
a tale passed down by word of mouth with no known author
a minor character who is not given very many character traits
interrupting present action to show the reader something that has
not happened yet in a story
interrupting present events to show something that has already
happened
when a story is told by a character who is in it
short moral story, usually featuring talking animals
struggle between a character and a physical or outside force
beginning of a story that reveals characters and setting
when readers or viewers know something one or more of the
characters do not know
explicitly stating what a character's personality is like
conversation between characters in a story
highest point of emotion or intensity in a story
process of building a character's personality
person participating in a story
character working against the main character
a statement that is open to multiple interpretations
reference to a well-known person, event, place, work of
art/literature, etc.
a story in which the entire plot/setting is symbolic