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scansion |
dividing poetry into syllables and then grouping by meter |
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foot |
subdivision of a line |
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antipenult |
3rd to last syllable |
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asyndeton |
not enough connecting words |
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meter |
measured in feet |
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penult |
2nd to last syllable |
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apostrophe |
speaking to something not present or not alive |
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spondee |
--
(long long)
the last two feet of a line are always spondees |
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parallelism |
order of words is the same
(noun verb adj)
(noun verb adjective) |
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chiasmus |
relationship of two pairs of words structurally
(ab ba) |
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hexameter |
a line of poetry with 6 feet |
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pentameter |
line of poetry with 5 feet |
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Eligiac couplet |
2 line stanzas |
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syllabification |
dividing words of a poem into syllables |
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simile |
comparison using like or as |
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dipthong |
two vowels make one sound
e.g. ae, au, oe |
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blend |
two consonants making one sound
e.g. bl br gr |
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litotes |
understatement
("not bad" as opposed to "good") |
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metaphor |
comparison not using like or as |
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Allision |
when a vowel ends a word, and a vowel starts another word, so they are blended during pronunciation(also used when words end un "um") |
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hyperbole |
exaggeration |
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recitatio |
recitation of poetry to public |
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dactyl |
-~~
(long short short) |
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onomatopoeia |
word that stands for a sound
(peep) |
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caesura |
natural pause in a line of peotry |
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hendiasys |
2 nouns for noun/adjective |
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Antithesis |
contrasting ideas in a line of poetry |
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assonance |
repetition of a vowel sound in a line of poetry |
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alliteration |
words in a line of poetry start withthe same letter/sound |
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polysyndeton |
too many connectiong words |
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elipsis |
absence of a verb that is understood in a poem (the most common is the verb to be) |
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anaphora |
repeptition of words or phrases in a clause |
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rhetorical question |
a question that expects no answer |
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consonance |
repetition of a consonant sound in a line of poetry |
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repetition |
repeat words for effect |
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metonymy |
using a less common word in lieu
of a more common one |
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personification |
giving an inanimate object human characteristics |
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synecdote |
using a part to stand for a whole |
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