Department of Education

Gerardo Sellés Solá High School

English Class / Prof. Reyes / 12th

Unit 12.5 – Poetic Justice / Introduction to Poetry

Part I: Define the following content vocabulary words:

VOCABULARY WORD: ENGLISH DEFINITION:

1. Articulation is the act of expressing something in a coherent verbal

form, or an aspect of pronunciation involving the
articulatory organs.
2. Diction the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or
writing.

3. Drama an exciting, emotional, or unexpected series of events or set

of circumstances.

4. Irony is a style of writing in which there is a noticeable, often

humorous, difference between what is said and the intended
meaning.
5. Monologue is a speech given by a single character in a story

6. Pantomime the art or technique of conveying emotions, actions,

feelings, etc., by gestures without speech.

7. Poet a person possessing special powers of imagination or

expression.

8. Poetry literary work in which special intensity is given to the

expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive
style and rhythm; poems collectively or as a genre of
literature
9. Rehearsal is a practice session or practice performance done prior to a
real event or before viewing by an audience.
10. Tragedy an event causing great suffering, destruction, and distress,
such as a serious accident, crime, or natural catastrophe
Part II: Make a list of (10) poets. Fill in the chart with the information:

Poet Nationality An example of his/her work:

1. Robert Frost American “Stopping by Woods on a
Snowy Evening”

2. Emily Dickinson American “Hope is the Thing with

Feathers”

3. William Wordsworth British “Tintern Abbey”

4. William Shakespeare English “THE RAPE OF LUCRECE”

5. Sylvia Plath American ‘Daddy’

6. Pablo Neruda Chilean If You Forget Me

7. Elizabeth Barrett Browning British 'The Runaway Slave at

Pilgrim's Point'

8. Julia de Burgos Puerto Rican Ay ay ay de La Grifa Negra

(Ay ay ay of the Black Grifa)

9. John Donne British ‘The Flea‘

10. Percy Bysshe Shelley British ‘Ozymandias’