ENG1300 Chapter 20/25

Question 1

Onomatopoeia

Answer 1

Represents a thing or action by a word that imitates the sound associated with it.

Question 2

Cacophony

Answer 2

Harsh, discordant sound, typically mirrors the meaning of the context in which it’s used.

Question 3

Assonance

Answer 3

The repetition of two or more vowel sounds in successive words, creating a kind of rhyme.

Question 4

Collective Unconsciousness

Answer 4

A set primal memories common to the entire human race, believed to be genetically-encoded within our brains.

Question 5

Internal Alliteration

Answer 5

Also called Hidden Alliteration. Form of alliteration in which the repetition of consonant sounds occur within the words.

Question 6

Consonance

Answer 6

Also called Slant Rhyme. The linked words share similar consonant sounds, but differing vowel sounds.

Question 7

End Rhyme

Answer 7

Most common kind of rhyme in English language. Rhymes which occur at the ends of lines, rather that within them.

Question 8

Internal Assonance

Answer 8

Form of assonance in which the repetition of vowel sounds occur within successive words.

Question 9

Feminine Rhyme

Answer 9

Rhyme consisting of two or more syllables, in which the stress is placed on a syllable other than the rest.

Question 10

Myth

Answer 10

Traditional narrative that arises out of a given culture’s oral tradition. Characters are often gods, heroic figures

Question 11

Eye Rhyme

Answer 11

Rhyme in which the spelling of the words is alike, but they pronounced differently. Also called False Rhyme.

Question 12

Alliteration

Answer 12

The repetition of two or more consonant sounds within a line of verse or prose.

Question 13

Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung

Answer 13

Psychologists

Question 14

Initial Assonance

Answer 14

Form of assonance in which the repetition of vowel sounds occur at the beginnings of successive words.

Question 15

Masculine Rhyme

Answer 15

Rhyme consisting of monosyllabic words, or in polysyllabic words in which the stress is placed on the ending syllables.

Question 16

Rhyme

Answer 16

2 + words with identical or similar vowels (usually accented) with following consonant sounds that are also identical.

Question 17

Archetype

Answer 17

Recurrent symbol, character, landscape, or event found in myths and literature. Often evokes a universal response.

Question 18

Initial Alliteration

Answer 18

Form of alliteration in which the repetition of consonant sounds occur at the beginnings of successive words.

Question 19

Internal Rhyme

Answer 19

Rhymes which occur within a line of poetry, rather than at the end.

Question 20

Euphony

Answer 20

Harmonious effect when sounds of words connect with the meaning in a pleasing way to the ear, and to the mind.