Ch2 Terms Flashcards
A rhetorical device that uses syntactical parallelism in two adjacent phrases or clauses to emphasize their contrasting meaning
Antithesis
The repetition of initial consonant sounds
Alliteration
The repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of lines of poetry or grammatical units
Anaphora
The reptilian of similar vole sounds Ina series of words
Assonance
A pause in the middle of a line of poetry usually indicated by a mark of punctuation
Caesura
Two parallel phrases, clauses, or sentences in witch the second reverses the element of the first, inverting the parallel structure
Chiasmus
The repetition of the terminal consonant sounds and more early of internal consists that creates extra emphasis on the word involved
Consonance
A poetic device in witch lines flow past the end point of one verse line and into the next with no punctuation at the end of the first verse line
Enjambement
Word or phrase that are spelled alike but not pronounced the same
Eye rhyme
Poetry with no set meter or rhyme
Free verse
Rhyme that occurs between words within a single line of poetry
Internal rhyme
Agreement of sounds from the last stressed vowel sound onward with a difference in the immediately proceeding consent sound
Perfect rhyme
A rhyme between two words with similar but slightly mismatched sounds
Slant rhyme
Rhyme that occurs at the ends of corresponding lines of poetry.
End rhyme
The regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables to describe a particular pome one must determine the poetic feet and consider the length of the line
Meter
