Poetry Key Terms

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  • Created on: 14-05-13 14:16
amphibrac
three syllables, unstressed, stressed, unstressed
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anti structure
narrative structure that is deliberately chaotic
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blank verse
un-rhymed poetry in iambic pentameter
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denoument
closing sequence of narrative in which events are resolved
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diction
vocabulary of a character
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epic
large scale narrative, often lagendary characters
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epigram
short witty saying in compressed lang
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episodic structure
narrative told in consecutive stages
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farce
an exaggerated comic drama with improbable plot
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focaliser
character through whose eyes the story is primarily seen
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foil
reveals something about main character through contrast
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framing device
set the main story in the context of another
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free verse
no rhyme or meter
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idiom
colloquial or slang expression
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interludes
short moral plays from tudor times
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kinetic/shape/concrete
distinctive shape on the page
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lyric
first person, expressing particular emotion
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metre
pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
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ode
adressed to an object
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omnicinent third person
third person, knows everything
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over the shoulder narration
from a characters point of view but not first person
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performance poetry
written to be performed to an audience
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register
language appropriate to a particular context
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satirical/satire
comedy to bring to light human failings
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second person narrative
'you'
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stock characters
drawn from cultural stereotypes
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syntax
arrangement of words
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tag
introduce direct speech 'said Maddy'
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third person
'he' 'she' 'they'
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unreliable narrator
partial or biased view
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utterance
stretch of language said by one person
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verbal patterning
arrangement of words to emphasise a key theme
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anti structure

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narrative structure that is deliberately chaotic

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blank verse

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denoument

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diction

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