Eglish key terms

Question 1

simile mean

Answer 1

Comparing two things they are each other(eg words like, or as)

Question 2

Stanza

Answer 2

A set of lines of words (it says “like” in that stanza)

Question 2

Alliteration

Answer 2

The use of the same letter at the beging of word that are close to each other(Clary closed her cluttered clothes closet.)

Question 3

Repetition

Answer 3

To use the same
word/phrase more than once.(Heart-to-heart)

Question 4

Personification

Answer 4

To give an inanimate object human characteristics

Question 5

Metaphor

Answer 5

a figure of speech that implicitly compares two unrelated things, typically by stating that one thing is another(He is a lion when he comes to the field.)

Question 6

Pivot

Answer 6

Point at which poem changes mood, time, etc.

Question 7

Rhythm

Answer 7

This describes the beat of a poem

Question 8

Rhyme

Answer 8

When lines of poetry end with the same sounds

Question 9

Caesura

Answer 9

A pause within a line of poetry to give emphasis

Question 10

Assonance

Answer 10

When vowel sounds within words are the same or very similar(crying time; hop-scotch; great flakes)

Question 11

Irony

Answer 11

Use of words or phrases that are often sarcastic and or humorous

Question 12

Enjambment

Answer 12

The continuation of sentence without a pause beyond the end of the line

Question 13

Fricatives

Answer 13

Soft, breathy sounds: s, z, th, f

Question 14

Plosives

Answer 14

Hard, explosive sounds: p, t, k, b, g, d

Question 15

Sibliance

Answer 15

Sounded with a hissing effect, for examples, sh

Question 16

Superlative

Answer 16

Expressing the highest or a very high degree of a quality

Question 17

Juxtaposition

Answer 17

Two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect

Question 18

Foreshadowing

Answer 18

Be a warning or indication of (a future event)

Question 19

Lexical Set

Answer 19

A group of words with the same topic, function or Form

Question 20

Archaisms

Answer 20

Words that are very old or old-fashioned

Question 21

End Focus

Answer 21

The most important information in a clause or sentence is placed at the end

Question 22

Onomatopoela

Answer 22

Words that sound the same as what they represent