ENG 211 Literary Terms #1

A verbal composition designed to convey experiences, ideas, or emotions in a vivid and imaginative way, characterized by the use of language chosen for its sound and suggestive power and by use of literary techniques such as meter, metaphor, and rhyme.

Refers to various parts of poetry, such as a single line of poetry, a stanza, or the entire poem

Mode of storytelling, a literary genre, that uses dialogue and performance

ordinary speech or writing without metrical structure

A technique, style, or strategy that an author uses to enhance their writing

A long, written narrative that includes some amount of realism

The unit of writing that poems are composed of

A literary device involving use of language, often to associate or compare dissimilar things (create an image in the reader's mind)

Non-literal use of language; saying one thing in terms of speech to supplement and even modify the literal meaning used primarily to attain some specific effect on the reader

Musically-inclined, short verse that speaks about poignant and powerful emotions

Non-literal use of language in terms of meaning (example: metaphor)

Non-literal use of language in terms of sound, word order, or syntax - arrangement, ordering, grouping and placement of words within a sentence. (Example: alliteration)

The pattern of rhyme used in a poem corresponds with the end sounds that feature in lines of verse

Use of long and short stresses, or stressed and unstressed, within the writing

Pattern of stressed and unstressed beats of the poem. The beats are the syllables of the line of poetry

Basic unit used in the measurement of verse (poetry). Usually contains one accented syllable and one or two unaccented syllables

Pattern of beats in a line of poetry. Combination of number of beats and arrangement of stresses

Type of foot with one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable. Called a "rising meter", the foot rising toward the stress

Type of foot with one stressed syllable, followed by one unstressed syllable = a falling meter

Arrangement of two syllables in which both are stressed

metrical foot that contains two unstressed syllables

Two unstressed syllables followed by one stressed; a rising meter

one stressed syllable followed by two unstressed: a falling meter

Repetition at close intervals of the initial consonant sounds of accented syllables or important words