1. Research Paper Terms & Due Dates
American Lit
Mrs. Blumberg

2. Tentative Due Dates Topic Outline: 11/3
1st 20 facts: 11/9  sections 1 & 2
2nd 20 facts: 11/17  sections 3 & 4
Terms Quiz: 11/17
Sentence Outline: 11/20
Section 1: 11/27
Section 2: 11/28
Section 3: 12/1
Section 4: 12/5
Rough draft: 12/6
Final draft & Works Cited: 12/7

3. Terms
Primary source: the literary work being read and analyzed (e.g., letters, poems, diaries, articles, etc.)
Secondary source: a piece of work written later about the primary source (e.g., critiques, analyses, database articles, etc.)
Allusion: reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, etc.

4. Terms cont. Sound devices: used to give writing a musical quality
Alliteration: the repetition of similar sounds, usually consonants, at the beginning of words
Sally sells seashells by the seashore
Assonance: the repetition of vowel sounds
“The silken, sad, and uncertain rustling of each purple curtain” – Poe “The Raven”
Consonance: repetition of consonant sounds at the ends of words
The fickle boy kicked the picket fence.

5. Terms cont. Structure: the way a writing is put together
Tone: the writer’s attitude toward his/her subject, characters, or audience
Style: a writer’s typical way of writing
Theme: a literary work’s main message, moral, or idea
Must be universal and a sentence
Diction: the author’s word choice

6. Terms cont. Rhyme: the repetition of sounds at the ends of words
Rhyme Scheme: the regular pattern of writing words in a poem
Blank Verse: poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter (i.e., it has a planned structure but no rhyme)
Free Verse: poetry that does not rhyme and has no regular meter

7. Terms cont.
Stanza: a group of lines in a poem that are considered to be a unit (i.e. a poetry paragraph)
Meter: a poem’s rhythmical pattern, determined by the number and types of stresses, or beats, in each line
Iambic Pentameter: a line of poetry with five iambic feet, each having one unstressed symbol followed by a stressed syllable
Creates a sing-song quality
And for thy, Mother, she alas is poor/ Which caused her thus to send thee out of door

8. Terms cont.
Lyric Poem: a melodic poem that expresses the observations and feelings of a single speaker
Most common among American poets
Examples: elegy, ode, sonnet
Ballad: a song-like poem that tells a story, often dealing with adventure or romance
Ode: a long, formal lyric poem with a serious theme that may have a traditional stanza pattern
Run-on Line: a line in which the thought continues, without pause, into the next line