13. Phonetic EM, SD

Question 1

Do phonetic expressive means have any type of meaning?

Answer 1

Mostly, no. But it may contain a certain amount of information.

Question 2

What’s assonance?

Answer 2

Repetition of vowels.

Question 3

What’s consonance?

Answer 3

Repetition of consonants.

Question 4

What’s onomatopoeia? List its types.

Answer 4

Imitation of sounds. Its types are direct and indirect onomatopoeia.

Question 5

What’s direct and indirect onomatopoeia?

Answer 5

Direct onomatopoeia - when the imitation is direct: “giggle”, “whistle”;
Indirect onomatopoeia - when the imitation is indirect: “And the silken, sad, uncertain rustling of each purple curtain”. The repetition of the [s] sound actually produces the sound of certain rustling.

Question 6

What’s paranomasia?

Answer 6

Partially phonetic similarity of words different in meaning: “A young man married that is a man that’s marred”

Question 7

What’s the theory of sense?

Answer 7

It’s about the words used in combination and its effect.

Question 8

What’s phonaesthetic? What it derived from?

Answer 8

From Greek “phone” + “aesthetic”. It’s the study of pleasantness or beauty, or unpleasantness.

Question 9

What’s euphony and cacophony?

Answer 9

Euphony is about harmony of form and contents: “The moan of doves in immemorial elms, and murmuring of innumerable bees”.
Cacophony is about disharmony: “No soul helps flesh now//more than flesh helps soul”.

Question 10

What’s phoneastheme?

Answer 10

A phoneme(s) shared by a group of words which have in common some element of meaning or function.

Question 11

What’s alliteration?

Answer 11

Aims at a melodic effect to the utterance, it’s about the repetition of similar sounds, as a rule, consonant sounds, particularly at the beginning: “The possessive instinct never stands still”.

Question 12

What’s full and incomplete rhymes?

Answer 12

Full - when the endings* match exactly.
Incomplete - it’s near/half rhyme*. Not perfect.

Question 13

What’s the type of incomplete rhymes?

Answer 13

Consonant rhymes - concordance in consonants: “flung-long”.
Vowel rhymes - vowels are identical: “flesh-fresh-press”.

Question 14

What’s compound/broken rhyme?

Answer 14

When one/two/+ words rhyme with the corresponding two or three words.

Question 15

What’s eye-rhyme?

Answer 15

When the rhyme is visual, but the sounds don’t match/rhyme.

Question 16

What’s masculine rhyme?

Answer 16

When the last syllable is stressed.

Question 17

What’s feminine rhyme?

Answer 17

When the last syllable is unstressed, thus creating “fading” effect.

Question 18

What are the types of rhymes?

Answer 18

1. Couplet: aa;
2. Triplet: aaa;
3. Cross rhymes: abab;
4. Frame/ring: abba;
5. Internal rhyme: “____(a)______(a)//_____(a)____.”;
6. Half rhyme. Not ideal: “groined” and “groaned;

Question 19

What’s rhythm? What’s its effect? What does it demand in verses?

Answer 19

A combo of metrical scheme. It intensifies emotions. It demands oppositions in verses: long, short, stressed, unstressed.

Question 20

What’s the difference between rhythm and metre?

Answer 20

Rhythm. It’s flexible, and an effort is required to perceive it.
Metre. According to syllables a verse consists of. It’s strict and consistent.

Question 21

What are the metrical patterns?

Answer 21

1. Iambic metre: -/-/-/:
2. Trochaic metre: /-/-:
3. Dactylic metre: /–/–:
4. Amphibrachic metre: -/-:
5. Anapaestic metre: –/–/: