Assignment #1: Poetic Terminology 1. Alliteration- repetition of a particular sound or syllable two or more times in a group [EX: Elderly elephants egress elegantly] 2. Allusion- casual reference or implication of something [EX: Titles of books often allude to what the contents will hold‚ subtly or not. A book titled Little House on the Prairie implies that there will be a small house on a plain of grass.] 3. Analogy-two things that have something in common making them comparable [EX:
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Introduction English is a widespread language‚ spoken all over the world. It is the mother tongue of people of different nationalities‚ such as: British‚ American‚ Australian‚ Canadian and South African. It is the second language (language of instruction‚ used in administration and education) of several countries in Asia and Africa and it is learned as a foreign language in almost every country. Languages have different accents meaning they are pronounced differently by different people depending
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consuming circular confections. Using his hand‚ his built-in fork‚ Gleefully pulling a purple plum. A four-beat line describes each line of verse where there are exactly 4 stressed syllables interspersed with unstressed syllables. A stressed syllable is where there is more of an emphasis on that syllable as apposed to others in the same word or phrase. In Beowulf‚ a four-beat line is immediately seen‚ “So. The Spear-Danes in days gone by” (ln 1). This characteristic is also in “Caedmon’s Hymn”
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LANGUAGE ANALYSIS TASK – CELTA HELEN MORFYDD YOUNG 10/4/15 1. NAMING THE PARTS OF SPEECH a. Adjective b. Preposition c. Verb d. Adverb e. Noun f. Conjunction g. Pronoun h. Modal auxiliary verb 2. STRUCTURE AND MEANING 2.1 a. Go‚ present simple b. Are saving‚ present progressive c. Have been‚ present perfect simple d. Have been going‚ present perfect progressive e. Had spent‚ past perfect f. had been sleeping‚ past perfect progressive and turned‚ simple past g. have been awarded‚ present perfect
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Figurative language: Use of words in ways they are not normally used in order to create a distinct‚ imaginative effect or impression. For example‚ in the expression “He sang at the top of his lungs‚” the suggested meaning of the words is understood—not their literal meaning. Hyperbole: A figure of speech that deliberately exaggerates a description about something or somebody to create a desired effect. Irony: A circumstance in which there is a contra¬diction or difference between what is intended
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Diction in these lines shifts from the way words are shaped in the previous lines. Juncture is part of diction and describes the difficulty of saying a word by the variances in the syllables. The way one’s mouth moves to make the sound of each syllable is juncture. The larger the variance in juncture the more difficult the word is to pronounce. Diction is shifted from soft-smooth consonants and vowels to harsh and aggressive consonants. “Onset‚” “witnessed‚” Keepsake
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The word spondee is short for the term spondaic words. In audiology‚ spondees refer to a two syllable word such as cupcake and butterfly. In the textbook titled Introduction to Audiology‚ Martin defines the term spondee as a “two syllable word pronounced with equal stress on both syllables” (Martin 450). They are often seen in the audiological test battery by being presented to the patient either through a microphone or a voiced disk that has already been recorded and stored on an audiologist’s drive
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THE RAVEN BY EDGAR ALLAN POE THE RAVEN - SETTING The chamber of a house at midnight. Poe uses the word chamber rather than bedroom apparently because chamber has a dark and mysterious connotation. THE RAVEN - NARRATION First-Person Narrator (Persona) A man who has lost his beloved‚ a woman named Lenore. He is depressed‚ lonely‚ and possibly mentally unstable as a result of his bereavement. THE RAVEN - SOURCE INSPIRATION OF The raven in Charles Dickens’ 1841 novel‚ Barnaby Rudge
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constraint of the sonnet is the length of the lines themselves. In a sonnet‚ the rhythm is always iambic pentameter‚ which means that there must always be ten syllables per line‚ with each second syllable being stressed. Where the author breaks this pattern‚ it must obviously be for a good reason‚ when the author wants a certain word or syllable to be stressed. This in itself will naturally add tot he meaning of the poem. This‚ in addition‚ to the constraints of the number of lines‚ again causes the
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Caedmon’s Hymn or “Frumsceaft’s structure has a phenomenal effect on the type of poem it is‚ and its purpose. There are many ways the structure is helpful. For example‚ the caesura allows for a rhythm. In addition‚ accented words allow for emphasis along with the alliteration. In addition‚ the stress sounds given at the beginning of each important phrase stresses the importance of those phrases. Kennings are also used which shows the different names for God and all the different things‚ which he
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