Tuesday, 10 December 2013

Jenelle and Tiantian vocab

Ode:
A lyrical poem generally praising a certain thing or subject. It is an elaborately structured stanza that describes things with intellect and emotion.

Octave:
A poem/stanza with eight lines.

Metonymy:
When poet's refer to something by a characteristic rather than its name.

Metaphor:
A figure of speech or expression to represent something but not using the literal meaning. Similar to a simile without using like or as.

Melodrama:
An exaggerated character/event which often generates an excessive amount of dramatic emotions.

Metre:
The rhythmic arrangement of syllables in a verse in poetry.

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Definitions Kayla & Jenna

Comparison: The act of comparing
Conflict: To come into collision or disagreement
Connotation: The associated or second meaning of a word
Consonance: Accord or agreement
Contrast: To compare in order to show unlikeness or differences
Couplet: A pair of successive lines of verse
Denotation: The explicit or direct meaning
Figurative Language: Speech or writing that departs from literal meaning in order to achieve a special effect or meaning
First Person POV: The story told in one perspective
Flashback: device in the narrative of a motion picture
Flat character: A flat character is a minor character in a work of fiction who does not undergo substantial change or growth in the course of a story


Vocabulary

Elegy - A poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead.

Emotional Appeal -  An argument that appeals to the reader's emotions.

Epic - A long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the history of a nation.

Epiphany -  A Christian feast celebrating the manifestation of the divine nature of Jesus.

Epigram - A pithy saying or remark expressing an idea in a clever and amusing way.

Epitph -  A phrase or statement written in memory of a person who has died, esp. as an inscription on a tombstone.

 

Poetry Terms

Ballad Stanza
- A four-line stanza in iambic meter. 
-The first and third unrhymed lines have four metrical feet and the second and fourth rhyming lines have three metrical feet.

Blank Verse 
Verse without rhyme, that uses lambic pentameter.

Cacophony
- A harsh, discordant mixture of sounds.

Case Study 
- Something used or analyzed in order to illustrate a thesis or principle.

Catastrophe
- The "turning downward"of the plot in a classical tragedy

Literary Terms Angele, Rebekah

1) ACTICE VOICE: the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the  verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb.

2) ALLEGORY: a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.

3) ALLUSION: an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.

4) ANAlOGY: a comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation or clarification. 

5) ANTITHESIS: a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else.

Definitions


 Alec and Connor

1. Cause and Effect - Noting a relationship between actions or events such that one or more are the result of the other or others.
 
2. Character Foil -  Foil characters make the characteristics and personality of the protagonist stand out. A foil character may be an enemy or a friend.
 
3.  Climactic Order - In composition and speech, the arrangement of details or ideas in order of increasing importance or force.
 
4. Colloquialism - Used in ordinary or familiar conversation; not formal or literary.
 
5. Colloquial Language - Colloquial language, especially in philosophy of language, is natural language which, among other properties, uses colloquialisms.
NAV AND MEG'S WORDS 

anecdotal evidencenon-scientific observations or studies, which do not provide proof but may assist research efforts 

archaic language - language belonging to an earlier time and generally no longer used

aside - a remark or passage by a character in a play that is intended to be heard by the audience but unheard by the other characters in the play

assonance - the repetition of vowel sounds 

ballad - a poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas