CLEP: AMERICAN LITERATURE Study Guide

Metaphor --Katy Perry: "baby you're a fire work, come on let your colors burst." A type of figurative language which the author equates with one thing with something else. i.e. "the bird was an arrow arcing through the sky." OR "swaying skeletons reached for the sky and groaned as the wind blew through them." ...meaning trees Irony --a statement that suggest the opposite . personification --Describing the nonhuman as having human qualities. The act of personifying; the attributing of human qualities to an animal, object, or abstraction: The author's personification of the farm animals made for an enchanting children's book. i.e.: "The car 'smiled' at me." "The tree 'groaned' in the wind." Predictions --A guess about what will happen next. i.e.: "will the glass of water get knocked over?" Simile --i.e.: "The sun was like an orange." Structural Elements of Poetry --meter- the rhythm of a pattern feet- patterns in lines of poetry i.e.: "the sun shone very bright, giving off lots of light. The moon came out at night, It was an awesome sight." A.R.T. W.A.R.S. --A:about R:repeated ideas T: tone W: words A: alliteration R: rhyme and rhythm S: structure 3 Questions: Describing poetic devices, structure, context --1) How does the poet feel? 2)Why does the poet feel this way? 3) How do you know they feel this way? Robert Frost () --The Road Not Taken Structural Elements --1)Organization 2)Rhyme scheme 3)Language Patterns Irony of statement --the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning: the irony of her reply, "How nice!" when I said I had to work all weekend. pathetic fallacy --the attribution of human feelings and responses to inanimate things or animals, especially in art and literature. literary context --Literary Context consists of understanding the literary genre that the book of the Bible exists in. Why is Genre Important? The genre is the covenant between the author and the recipient. Surrounding Text. The surrounding text starts with the passage itself and slowly works outwards. paradox --A paradox is a statement that, despite apparently sound reasoning from true premises, leads to a self-contradictory or a logically unacceptable conclusion. Some logical paradoxes are known to be invalid arguments but are still valuable in promoting critical thinking. Epic Poetry --An epic poem is a long, narrative poem that is usually about heroic deeds and events that are significant to the culture of the poet. Many ancient writers used epic poetry to tell tales of intense adventures and heroic feats. Metaphor --Katy Perry: "baby you're a fire work, come on let your colors burst." A type of figurative language which the author equates with one thing with something else. i.e. "the bird was an arrow arcing through the sky." OR "swaying skeletons reached for the sky and groaned as the wind blew through them." ...meaning trees Irony --a statement that suggest the opposite, feigned ignorance, dissembling. personification --Describing the nonhuman as having human qualities. The act of personifying; the attributing of human qualities to an animal, object, or abstraction: The author's personification of the farm animals made for an enchanting children's book. i.e.: "The car 'smiled' at me." "The tree 'groaned' in the wind." Predictions --A guess about what will happen next. i.e.: "will the glass of water get knocked over?" Simile --i.e.: "The sun was like an orange." Structural Elements of Poetry --meter- the rhythm of a pattern feet- patterns in lines of poetry i.e.: "the sun shone very bright, giving off lots of light. The moon came out at night, It was an awesome sight." A.R.T. W.A.R.S. --A:about R:repeated ideas T: tone