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• 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
• The 3 Basic Forms Of Poetry

  • Narrative Poetry
  • Lyrical Poetry
  • Dramatic Poetry/Performance Poetry
• Narrative Poetry


  • Tells a story or a series of events
• Sub-forms of narrative poetry

  • Ballad
  • Metric tale
  • Epic
• Lyrical Poetry


  • A melodious type of poetry because of its rhyming patterns that it follows
  • Presents emotion, feelings, and/or memories and does not tell a story
• Sub-forms of lyrical poetry


  • Reflective lyric
  • Elegy
  • Ode
  • Sonnet
• Dramatic Poetry/Performance Poetry


  • Also known as dramatic verse or verse drama
  • Tells a story and is meant to be spoken or acted
• The 3 Classifications of Dramatic Poetry

  • Dramatic narrative
  • Dramatic monologue
  • Soliloquy
• Elements of Poetry


  • Voice
  • Diction
  • Syntax
  • Rhyme
• Voice


  Answers the question: who is speaking in the poem? The persona
• Tone


  The implied attitude towards its subject; determined by the reader's or audience's understanding of the way the poet's use of other related elements such as rhyme, meter, and imagery
• Diction


  • The choice of words
  • The selection of appropriate figurative language or descriptive vocabulary to heighten a sensory experience of the theme (the main idea or topic) of the poem
  • A poet chooses a word to achieve a certain sensory, emotional, or intellectual effect
• Syntax


  • Consists of lines and stanzas
  • The order or arrangement of words
  • Influences the structure of a poem
• Meter


  • Trochee
  • Iamb
  • Spondee
  • Dactyl
  • Anapest
• Poetic meter


  • Monometer
  • Dimeter
  • Trimeter
  • Tetrameter
  • Pentameter
  • Hexameter
  • Heptameter
  • Octameter
• Rhyme


  Repetition of similar sounds in two or more words and is a requirement in formal verse
• Types of poetry based on rhyme and meter

  • Formal verse
  • Blank verse
  • Free verse
• Common rhyme schemes in poetry

  • Alternating rhyme
  • Coupled rhyme
  • Triplet rhyme
  • Monorhyme scheme
• Typography


  • The visual arrangement of text on a page
  • Involves playing with fonts, sizes, spacing, and layout to convey meaning beyond the words themselves
  • Uses different fonts for dialogue versus narration can create distinct voices within a story
  • The art and technique of arranging type to make written language legible, readable, and appealing when displayed
• Prose


  • Unmetered, follows grammar rules, and is organized into sentences and paragraphs
  • Emulates natural speech
  • Found in novels, biographies, magazine articles, and other similar works
• Types of Prose


  • Nonfiction Prose
  • Heroic Prose
  • Fiction Prose
  • Purple Prose
  • Poetic Prose
• Nonfiction Prose


  Recounts a true story, provides information, or gives a factual account of something (such as manuals, newspaper articles, textbooks, etc.)
• Heroic Prose

  In the form of a legend or fable that is intended to be recited and has been passed down through oral or written tradition
• Fiction Prose


  Most familiar form of prose used in novels and short stories and featuring elements such as plot, setting, characters, dialogue, etc.
• Purple Prose


  An exaggerated form of prose using unconventional terms instead of the usual words in everyday language
• Poetic Prose


  Poetry written in the form of prose, creating a literary hybrid with occasional rhythm and/or rhyme patterns
• Types of Poetic Prose

  • Prosimetrum
  • Haikai Prose
• Characteristics of Prose


  • Nonmetrical
  • Grammatical
• Nonmetrical


  • Does not follow guidelines for the arrangement and flow of syllables
  • Everyday speech
  • Organized into sentences and paragraphs as opposed to the lines and stanzas of metrical poetry
• Grammatical


  Follow grammar rules, including complete sentences, paragraphs, accurate punctuation, and other aspects attributed to proper grammar
• Fiction


  • A body of literary work that focuses on events that are not real
  • Based on fabricated events and experiences, as opposed to the factual nature of nonfiction
  • Contains certain symbolic and thematic features known as "literary merits"
• 5 Elements of Fiction

  • Plot
  • Characterization
  • Conflict
  • Narration
  • Theme
• Plot


  • The structure or framework of the story
  • The sequence or timeline of events as they transpire
  • Introduces the setting (place and time), characters, conflict, etc.
• The 3 types of plot

  • Linear Plot
  • Episodic/ Modular Plot
  • Traditional Plot
• Linear Plot


  • Comes in five parts: introduction/exposition, inflation (rising action), climax, deflation (falling action), resolution/denouement
• Episodic/ Modular Plot


  • A series of chapters or stories linked together by the same character, place or theme but held apart by their individual plot, purpose and subtext
• Traditional Plot


  • It follows the sequence of classic "hero-quest" where the protagonist experiences struggle and conflict as the action rises, then the story reaches its tipping point(climax) and in the falling action the protagonist experiences some sort of change, whether physical, mental, spiritual etc.
• Plot Devices


  • Deus ex machina
  • In medias res
  • Flashback
  • Foreshadowing
  • Suspense/Thriller
• Characterization


  The primary source of action and dialogue in a work of fiction are its characters
• Types of Characters


  • Protagonist
  • Antagonist
  • Antihero