English 1 Flashcards
Simile
Comparison of one thing to another
Metaphor
Saying that something is something else
Caesura
A pause near the middle of the line
Enjambment
A sentence that continues on a new line
Tonal shift
A change in the authors style or language to change the meaning of the sentence
Tone
How an author shows the attitude of a character
Personification
Saying that a non-living thing can do human actions
Alliteration
When two or more words in a row start with the same sound
Rhyme scheme
The ordered pattern of rhymes at the end of a line of a poem
Rythm
The beat or the flow of the poem
Repetition
The action of repeating something that has already been written
Onomatoepia
A word which is used to represent a sound
Slang
A type of language with words or phrases that are regarded as informal
Colloquial language
Everyday language
Nonsensical language
Words making little or no sense
