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POETIC DEVICES & LITERARY TERMS USE IN POETRY ANALYSIS

ALLITERATION - is the repetition of initial consonant sounds.
ALLUSION - is a direct or indirect reference to a familiar figure, place or event from history,
literature, mythology or the Bible.
APOSTROPHE - a figure of speech in which a person not present is addressed.
ASSONANCE - is a close repetition of similar vowel sounds, usually in stressed syllables.
ATMOSPHERE / MOOD - is the prevailing feeling that is created in a story or poem.
CACOPHONY - Harsh sounds introduced for poetic effect - sometimes words that are difficult to
pronounce.
CLICHE - an overused expression that has lost its intended force or novelty
CONNOTATION - the emotional suggestions attached to words beyond their strict definitions.
CONSONANCE - the close repetition of identical consonant sounds before and after different
vowels.
CONTRAST - the comparison or juxtaposition of things that are different
DENOTATION - the dictionary meaning of words.
DISSONANCE - the juxtaposition of harsh jarring sounds in one or more lines.
EUPHONY - agreeable sounds that are easy to articulate.
EXTENDED METAPHOR - an implied comparison between two things which are essentially not
alike. These points of comparison are continued throughout the selection.
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE - Language used in such a way as to force words out of their literal
meanings by emphasizing their connotations to bring new insight and feeling to the subject.
HYPERBOLE - an exaggeration in the service of truth -an overstatement. IDIOM - is a term or
phrase that cannot be understood by a literal translation, but refers instead to a figurative meaning
that is understood through common use.
IMAGERY - is the representation through language of sense experience. The image most often
suggests a mental picture, but an image may also represent a sound, smell, taste or tactile
experience.
IRONY - is a literary device which reveals concealed or contradictory meanings.
JARGON - language peculiar to a particular trade, profession or group.
JUXTAPOSITION - is the overlapping or mixing of opposite or different situations, characters,
settings, moods, or points of view in order to clarify meaning, purpose, or character, or to heighten
certain moods, especially humour, horror, and suspense.
Contrast LITERAL LANGUAGE - what is said is based in reality without the comparisons used
in figurative language.
LITOTES - a form of understatement in which something is said by denying the opposite.
METAPHOR - a comparison between two things which are essentially dissimilar. The comparison
is implied rather than directly stated.
METER - any regular pattern of rhythm based on stressed and unstressed syllables.
METONYMY - use of a closely related idea for the idea itself.
MOOD - see atmosphere
ONOMATOPOEIA - the use of words which sound like what they mean.
OXYMORON - two words placed close together which are contradictory, yet have truth in them.
PARADOX - a statement in which there is an apparent contradiction which is actually true.
PERSONIFICATION - giving human attributes to an animal, object or idea.
RHYME - words that sound alike
RHYME SCHEME - any pattern of rhymes in poetry. Each new sound is assigned the next letter
in the alphabet.
RHYTHM - a series of stressed or accented syllables in a group of words, arranged so that the
reader expects a similar series to follow.
SIMILE - a comparison between two things which are essentially dissimilar. The comparison is
directly stated through words such as like, as, than or resembles.
SPEAKER - the "voice" which seems to be telling the poem. Not the same as the poet; this is like
a narrator.
SYMBOL - a symbol has two levels of meaning, a literal level and a figurative level. Characters,
objects, events and settings can all be symbolic in that they represent something else beyond
themselves.
SYNEDOCHE - the use of a part for the whole idea.
THEME - is the central idea of the story, usually implied rather than directly stated. It is the
writer's idea abut life and can be implied or directly stated through the voice of the speaker. It
should not be confused with moral or plot.
TONE - is the poet's attitude toward his/her subject or readers. it is similar to tone of voice but
should not be confused with mood or atmosphere. An author's tone might be sarcastic, sincere,
humourous . . .
TROPE - a figure of speech in which a word is used outside its literal meaning. Simile and
metaphor are the two most common tropes.
UNDERSTATEMENT - this is saying less than what you mean in the service of truth.
VOICE - the creating and artistic intelligence that we recognize behind any speaker.
1.The term biography means ______________.
❤A.person’s life written by another

2.The term analogy means ______________.

❤B.similarity

The term epic means ______________.

❤long narrative poem about a hero

The term atmosphere means ______________.

❤dominant mood in a story

The term ballad means ______________.

❤poem intended to be sung
The term hyperbole means ______________.
❤obvious exaggerations
The term comedy means ______________.
❤play that ends happily

The term fantasy means ______________.

❤literary piece about a usual world

The term conflict means ______________.

❤struggle between opposing forces around which the action revolves

The term antagonist means ______________.

❤principal opponent of the main character
The literary term climax refer to ______________.
❤turning point in a story

The literary term verse refer to ______________.

❤writing that uses rhythm and rhyme

The literary term simile refer to ______________.

❤direct comparison

The literary term setting refer to ______________.

❤time and place of a story

The literary term autobiography refer to ______________.

❤a person’s account of his own life

The literary term metaphor refer to ______________.
❤indirect or implied comparison

The literary term tragedy refer to ______________.

❤play that ends in disaster or death

The literary term fable refer to ______________.

❤story that teaches a lesson

The literary term pun refer to ______________.

❤play on words

The literary term theme refer to ______________.

❤main idea of a literary work
Authors
______________ is the author of the literary work Invictus.
❤William Ernest Henley

______________ is the author of the literary work O Captain my Captain.

❤Walt Whitman

______________ is the author of the literary work My Last Duchess.

❤Robert Browning
______________ is the author of the literary work Crossing the Bar.

❤Alfred Lord Tennyson

______________ is the author of the literary work Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young
Charms.

❤Thomas Moore
______________ is the author of the literary work Song to Celia.
❤Ben Jonson

______________ is the author of the literary work Psalm of Life.

❤Henry Wordsworth Longfellow

______________ is the author of the literary work I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud.

❤William Wordsworth

______________ is the author of the literary work The Raven.

❤Edgar Allan Poe

______________ is the author of the literary work If.

❤Rudyard Kipling
______________ is the author of the literary work The Canberbury Tales.
❤.Geoffrey Chaucer

______________ is the author of the literary work Ivanhoe.

B. ❤Sir Walter Scott

______________ is the author of the literary work Jane Eyre.

C. ❤Charlotte Dickens

______________ is the author of the literary work For Whom The Bell Tolls.

D. ❤Ernest Hemingway

______________ is the author of the literary work A Christmas Carol.

❤E.Charles Dickens
______________ is the author
of the literary work Romeo and Juliet.
A ❤.William Shakespeare

______________ is the author of the literary work All the King’s Men.
B. ❤Robert Penn Warren

______________ is the author of the literary work The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

❤Mark Twain

______________ is the author of the literary work Silas Manner.

❤George Eliott

______________ is the author of the literary work Treasure Island.

❤Robert Louis Stevenson

______________ is the author of the literary work The Sound and the Fury.
❤William Shakespeare

______________ is the author of the literary work The Gift of the Magi and other Stories.
❤O. Henry
______________ is the author of the literary work The Crucible.
❤Yay Panlilio

______________ is the author of the literary work The Tempest.

❤William Shakespeare
______________ is the author of the literary work Swiss FAmily Robinson.

❤Johana Rudolf
______________ is the author of the literary work Quo Vadis.

❤Henryk Sienkiewicz
______________ is the author of the literary work Seven Hills. Away.

❤NVM Gonzalez

______________ is the author of the literary work Gulliver’s Travels.

❤Jonathan Swift

______________ is the author of the literary work The Story of My Life.

❤Helen Keller

______________ is the author of the literary work The Prince and the Pauper.

❤Mark Twain

______________ is the author of the literary work The Odyssey.

❤Homer
______________ is the author of the literary work Way of All Fresh.
❤Samuel Butler
______________ is the author of the literary work The Alhambra.
❤Najmeh Najari

______________ is the author of the literary work Ben Hur.

❤Edgar Lew Wallace

______________ is the author of the literary work Cyrano de Bergerac.

❤Edmund Rostand

______________ is the author of the literary work The Vanishing American

❤Zane Grey

______________ is the author of the literary work The Cloister and The Hearth.
Charles Reads
______________ is the author of the literary work Dead Stars.
❤Charles Reads Paz Marquez Benitez

______________ is the author of the literary work Pride and Prejudice.

❤Jane Austen

Mythology
The Roman ruler of the sea, generally pictured with his three pronged sceptre of trident.
❤Neptune

The lover of Venus and Proserpine who was killed by a wild bear and whose blood was
transformed into a flower.
❤Adonis

Jupiter’s son who killed Medusa the Gorgon and gave her head to Minerva.

❤Perseus

The Roman counterpart of Hermes, the Greek messenger of the gods.

❤Mercury

The beautiful nymph who pined away for the love of Narcissus until nothing of her was left but
her voice.
❤Echo
The Greek name of Cupid, the Roman god of love.
❤Eros

Roman goddess of dawn.

❤Aurora

The Titan whom Zeus condemned to bear the world on his shoulders.

❤Atlas

Roman god of wine.

❤Bacchus

The son of sleep and god of dreams from whose name the term of a narcotic is derived.

❤Morpheus
Philippine Literature

The first art school in the Philippines was founded in 1815 by ______________

❤Damian Domingo

Juan Luna is famous for this ______________.

❤Spolarium
The golden Age of Filipino genre painting is ______________.

❤1872-1896 and 1900-1904

Fernando Amorsolo is generally known as an /a ______________.

❤impressionist

______________ painted “Capas”, a portrayal of war prisoners.

❤Demetric Diego

The Chapel of the Holy Sacrifice in ______________ was planned by architect Leandro Locsin.

❤UP

Hernando R Ocampo is hailed as the most exciting ______________ in the Orient today.

❤colorist
______________ has been called Father of Modern Art in the Philippines

❤Victorio C. Edades

The ______________, later PNB, was the first multi-story concrete building in the Philippines.

❤Masonic Temple

______________ painted “The Mango Grove.”

❤Fabian de la Rosa

Venancio Igarte’s “A Beach Scene” is a ______________ representation of surrealism.

❤Dali-esque

The inspirational theme of Cesar Concio’s Protestant church in UP is a ______________ church.

❤parabolic
“Theater Arts,” decorating the facade of Main Theater was done by ______________.

❤N. Abueva

______________ is famous for his “The Artist and his Model.”

❤Felix R Hidalgo
We remember architect ______________ whenever we go to Quiapo church.

❤Juan Nakpil
Famous Proverbs
Life is what we______________ it.
❤make

God helps those who ______________.

❤help themselves

Eternal ______________ is the price of liberty.

❤vigilance

United we _______________we fall.

❤stand

Charity ______________ at home.

❤begins
______________ to do and say the kindest things in the kindest way.
❤Politeness

Be it ever so humble, there’s no place like ______________.

❤home

______________ is the best policy.

❤Honesty

______________ is next to godliness.

❤Cleanliness

Death is the great ______________.

l❤eveler
Early to bed and early to rise makes a person, healthy, wealthy and ______________.

❤wise
Behind the ______________ is the sun always shining.
❤clouds

A friend in ______________ is a friend indeed.

❤need
Do not judge a book by its ______________.

❤cover

More things are wrought by ______________ than man dreams of.

❤prayer

Literary Compositions
The Book of the Dead is ______________.
❤Mythology and theology of Egypt

Canterbury Tales is ______________.

❤Works depicting religion and customs of early England

The Mahabharata is ______________.

❤World’s longest epic, containing the history of Indian religion

The Iliad is ______________.

❤Source of Greek myths and legends

They Divine Comedy is ______________.

❤Book showing religion and customs of early Italy.

Don Quixote is ______________.
❤Satire on knighthood

Uncle Tom’s Cabin is ______________.

❤Book depicting slavery in the US

The Bible is ______________.

❤Basis of Christianity

Koran is ______________.

❤Muslim Bible

Arabian Nights is ______________.

❤Stories about government industries and society of ancient
El Cid Compeador
❤Shows Spanish cultural characteristics and history

The Songs of Roland

❤Depicts the Golden Age of Christianity in France

The Book of the Days

❤Written by Confucius of China, gives rules for right living

The Merchant of Venice

❤A drama of love, loans, punishments

Our Lady’s Juggler

❤A short story about a poor man’s love and faith
Aeneid
❤Tells of the legendary foundation of Lavinium, by a Trojan

Rubaiyat

❤Depicts of the Golden Age of Christianity in France

Treasure Island

❤Written by RL Stevenson, a favorite of young readers

The Diary of Anne Frank

❤Tells of Jewish suffering in the hands of the Germans

Sunny Hill

❤A novel about Norwegian peasants by Bjornson

Song praising God
❤psalm

The hero meets death or ruin

❤tragedy

Poem of noble feeling addressed to something or someone

❤ode
Light story with a happy ending

❤comedy

Long, dignified poem about heroic deeds

❤epic
Exaggerated comedy
❤farce

Poem expressing grief and melancholy

❤elegy

Fictitious narratives usually about origins

❤legend

Poem of 14 lines about feelings and ideas

❤sonnet

Report of everyday events

❤drama
Part of a newspaper
❤informative and entertaining article

author of the article of news item

❤byline

title of a news items

❤headline

staff box

❤masthead
name of the newspaper

❤nameplate
main headline, usually stretching from 1st to last column of page
❤banner
another word for edit

❤copyread

a timely report of an interesting event

❤news

the first paragraph of a news story answering the 5Ws and 1 H

❤lead

“soul” of the newspaper that gives its stand on certain issues.

❤editorial
The beat of the poem is called ______________.
❤rhythm

Play on words is called ______________.

❤pun

Opening section or scene that serves as in introduction to a work of literature of play is called
______________.
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❤prologue

The use of words that suggest the sound of the thing to which they refer is called
______________.

❤onomatopoeia

Person through whose eyes a reader sees what happens in a story is called ______________.
❤point of view
A brief statement expressing some general truth is called ______________.
❤aphorism

The suggested or implied meaning of a word is called ______________.

❤connotation

A work of literature that deals with an unreal world is called ______________.

❤fantasy
A sudden shift backward in time is called ______________.
❤flashback

A three-line poem that describes a single image is called ______________.

❤haiku
A humourous five-line poem is called ______________.
❤limerick

The series of actions which make up a work of fiction is called ______________.

❤plot
Planets and their moons

Mercury: no moons
Venus: no moons
Earth: 1 moon
Mars:.2 moons, Phobos, Deimos

Jupiter: 67 moons, some of which do not yet have proper names. The most famous are the
Galilean moons, Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto.

Saturn: 62 moons, some of which do not yet have proper names. The most famous, by far, is
Titan, which is significantly more massive than any other Saturnian moon.

Uranus: 27
moons, all of which are named after characters in the works of Shakespeare and Alexander Pope.
Five are well known; Titania, Oberon, Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel

Neptune: 14 moons, the most massive by far being Triton.

While Pluto, Eris, Haumea, Orcus and Quaoar are considered dwarf planets =
, they nevertheless have moons.

Pluto: 5 moons, Charon, Nix, Hydra, Kerberos, Styx

Eris: 1 moon, Dysnomia
Haumea: 2 moons, Hi'iaka, Namaka
Orcus: 1 moon, Vanth
Quaoar: 1 moon, Weywot

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