Unit 2B Vocabulary Pt. 1

Definition of Author’s Craft

• capital letters, line length, and word position; also called the “shape” of a poem

• literary works focused on the expression of feelings and ideas through a distinctive style that is often rhythmical and may have elements such as meter, rhyme, and stanzas

• intentional and deliberate use of organizational patterns, text and graphic features, syntax, devices, and diction to create an effective written work; author’s craft may vary by genre.

• the pattern of rhyming lines (e.g., ABAB, ABBA)

Definition of Figurative Language

• language not intended to be taken literally but layered with meaning through the use of imagery, metaphors, and other literary devices

• an author’s unique articulation or expression of language created by stylistic elements such as syntax, diction, and figurative language

• the intended target group for a message, regardless of the medium

• a literary device used by an author to provide hints about future events and details that may occur later in the story

Definition of Graphic Elements of Poetry

• the words, sentences, or passages that precede or follow a specific word, sentence, or passage

• the basic sequence of events in a story that includes the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution

• capital letters, line length, and word position; also called the “shape” of a poem

• the atmosphere or feeling created by the writer in a literary work or passage; mood can be expressed through imagery, word choice, setting, voice, and theme. For example, the mood evoked in Edgar Allan Poe’s work is gloomy and dark.

Definition of Meter

• a distinctive poetic structure with distinguishable characteristics based on meter, lines, stanzas, and rhyme schemes such as a sonnet, blank verse, ballad, haiku, epic, lyric, etc.

• the basic rhythmic structure in verse, composed of stressed and unstressed syllables

Definition of Mood

• the atmosphere or feeling created by the writer in a literary work or passage; mood can be expressed through imagery, word choice, setting, voice, and theme. For example, the mood evoked in Edgar Allan Poe’s work is gloomy and dark.

• the author’s particular attitude, either stated or implied in the writing

• the intended target group for a message, regardless of the medium

Define Poetic form

• the central or universal idea of a literary work that often relates to morals and/or values and speaks to the human experience/ condition

• a distinctive poetic structure with distinguishable characteristics based on meter, lines, stanzas, and rhyme schemes such as a sonnet, blank verse, ballad, haiku, epic, lyric, etc.

Define Poetry

• literary works focused on the expression of feelings and ideas through a distinctive style that is often rhythmical and may have elements such as meter, rhyme, and stanzas

• an author’s unique articulation or expression of language created by stylistic elements such as syntax, diction, and figurative language

Define Rhyme scheme

• the words, sentences, or passages that precede or follow a specific word, sentence, or passage

• literary works written in a stage play format which includes dialogue and stage directions that is intended to be performed

• the pattern of rhyming lines (e.g., ABAB, ABBA)

Define Theme

• the method in which an author constructs a character by explicitly stating aspects of his/her personality and appearance (direct characterization) or by revealing aspects of a character through their actions, thoughts, speech, other characters, etc. (indirect characterization)

• the central or universal idea of a literary work that often relates to morals and/or values and speaks to the human experience/ condition

• a literary device used by an author to provide hints about future events and details that may occur later in the story

Define Voice

• an author’s unique articulation or expression of language created by stylistic elements such as syntax, diction, and figurative language

• the atmosphere or feeling created by the writer in a literary work or passage; mood can be expressed through imagery, word choice, setting, voice, and theme. For example, the mood evoked in Edgar Allan Poe’s work is gloomy and dark.