University:
Concordia University Wisconsin
Course:
ENG 1300 | Literature
Academic year:

2021
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209

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3
Author:

Carissa Thomas

Set One: 1. Simile An gure of speech compare two similar or un similar things using like, as or then 2. Cliché Terms, phrases upon their inception may have been striking and thought provoking but, became unoriginal through repetition and overuse 3. Rhyme Scheme The pattern of sounds that repeats at the end of a line or stance “Mary, Mary, quite contrary how does your garden grow” 4. Metaphor A gure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable and do more use like, as or then 5. Free Verse Poetry that has no rhyme Set Two: 6. Haiku A poem consisting of seventeen syllables, in three lines of ve, seven and ve “Flowers on the desk Fall suddenly to the oor Explode into dust” 7. Juxtaposition Placing two things side by side so as to highlight their differences “They’re happy, optimistic and at the height of their young lives” 8. Found Poem Uses only words, phrases or quotations that have been selected and rearranged from another text. Often made from news papers, street sign, speeches, letter or even other poems fi fi fl fi fi Set Three: 9. Imagery A visually descriptor language especially in literary work. Described by words appealing to all the senses using touch, seeing, smell, sight and taste 10. Mood The feeling the readers gets. When creating poem try to think about the feeling the reader will get. Can often be created using repetition 11. Repetition To say something over and over again. Used for emphases or the rhythm of the poem. Can be sounds, phrases, words and ideas. 12. Alliteration Repetition of consonants and often used as Tough-twisters “Peter Piper picked” 13. Assonance Repetition of vowels “Deep Green” Set Four: 14. Onomatopoeia Words that sound like what they mean(Onomatopoeia different depending on the languages) Buzz, Sizzle, Smash Cat goes meow or Nehow Chicken goes bock 15. Denotation The explicit or direct meaning or set of meanings of a word or expression House(Where people live) 16. Connotation Emotional feeling, words with emotional attachment Home(the place where the heart is, somewhere you feel safe) Set Five: 17. Theme Life lesson, meaning, moral, or message about life or human nature that is communicated by a literary work In other words….. Theme is what the story teaches the reader Examples: Money can’t buy happiness Better to die live free than live under tyranny Identify it: Themes are not explicit, themes are implied Themes are bidder than the story

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