Lit Unit 5 Vocab Review

Poetic foot that contains one stressed then two unstressed syllables

A word that sounds like what it means

A lyric poem containing 14 lines

"Specific combinations of rhyme and meter"

The regular arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem

a line/group of lines repeated throughout a poem

Divisions of a poem based on thought, meter, or rhyme and usually recognized by the number of lines they contain

the pattern of rhyme sounds in a poem or stanza of poetry

"The order in which events actually occur in a story"

Symmetry in the structure of two or more phrases, clauses, or sentences

meter with 5 iambs in each line of a poem

A three-line Japanese poem following the syllable pattern 5 - 7 - 7

The repetition of words or phrases at the beginnings of lines of poetry or grammatical units

A reference to events that occurred before the action of the main story

rhyme that occurs between words within a single line of poetry

"a plot development that violates the reader's expectations"

"The event that sets the events of the conflict in motion"

Word pairs that are spelled alike but pronounced differently

"The part of a story's plot that introduces the reader to the setting, the characters, and the situation"

The repetition of terminal consonant sounds (as in bit...fight...let)

"The final outcome of a story and the last element of the plot where the major complications are explained or settled"

Identical sounds in the last stressed vowel and all of the sounds following that vowel in 2 or more words

"The events that unfold the results of the crisis and lead to the conclusion"

The repetition of similar vowel sounds in a series of words

Rhyme that occurs at the ends of corresponding lines of poetry

Poetry with no distinguishable rhyme, meter, or line length

A composition written in meter

"The point at which the plot reaches the moment of highest emotional intensity"

"a secondary plot w/in a piece of lit. that accompanies the main plot yet is lesser in importance or significance"

The process of identifying the two major features of meter in a particular poem

poetic foot that contains one unstressed syllable followed by omne stressed foot

"a series of events arranged to produce a definite sense of movement toward a specific goal"

A narrative poem often derived from folklore and originally intended to be sung or recited

Rhyme between two words with similar but slightly mismatched sounds (star & Door)

The specific combination of two or three stressed syllables that predominately repeats throughout the poem's lines

The repetition of initial consonant sounds

"The events that follow the inciting incident and lead up to the crisis in a story"

What is a shaped poem?