“The most excellent ornament exornations , lights, flowers, and forms of speech, commonly called the figures of rhetoric. By which the singular parts of man’s mind, are most aptly expressed, and the sundry affections of his heart most effectually uttered.” (Henry Peacham, The Garden of Eloquence, 1593) A figure of speech is the use of…
Horror: tense and profound fear, something that inspires dislike: something horrible Folklore: the traditional beliefs, customs, stories, songs, and dances of a culture Folktale: an anonymous, traditional story passed down orally, long before being written down Oral Tradition: literature that passes by word of mouth from one generation to another Myth: a traditional story of…
POETRY A type of literature that expresses ideas, feelings, or tells a story in a specific form (usually using lines and stanzas) POET The poet is the author of the poem. SPEAKER The speaker of the poem is the “narrator” of the poem. POETRY FORM FORM – the appearance of the words on the page…
Allegory: Hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one. Alliteration: The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. Ex: Alice’s aunt ate apples and acorns around August. Analogy: Comparison in which an idea or a thing is compared to another thing that is quite different from…