HW Due Tues. 3/7

Study for Quick Lit Terms Set #1 - Poetry Edition

1. Euphemism: The use of a soft indirect expression instead of one that is harsh or unpleasantly direct. For example ‘pass away’ as opposed to ‘die’
2. Extended Metaphor: A comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of lines in a poem.
3. Hyperbole: A type of figurative language that depends on intentional overstatement.
4. Imagery: Poetic technique that touches upon the images and senses that the reader already knows.
5. Quatrain: A stanza or poem of four lines.
6. Tone: An attitude of a poet toward a subject or an audience, which is generally conveyed through diction.

QUIZ TOMORROW on SET #1 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^:)

Copy these terms and definitions into the Lit Terms section of your notebook. We will review them tomorrow in class.

1. Foot:  A measurement in poetry that usually contains one stressed syllable and at least one unstressed syllable.
2. Iambic Pentameter: Most common type of meter in English poetry, with 5 iambic feet per line. (style of most of Shakespeare’s plays)
3. Octave: A verse form consisting of eight lines of iambic pentameter. Most common rhyme scheme is abba abba.
4. Sestet: The last 6 lines of a sonnet.
5. Enjambment: From the French word for “to straddle”, the continuation of a sentence from one line or couplet into the next.