English

Question 1

Onomatepoeia

Answer 1

Words that sound the sams as what they represent

Question 2

Alliteration

Answer 2

The use of the same letter at the beginning of words that are close

Question 3

Personification

Answer 3

To give an inhuman object human characteristics

Question 4

Simile

Answer 4

To describe something as or like something else

Question 5

Repetition

Answer 5

To use the same word/phrase more than once

Question 6

Metaphor

Answer 6

Comparing 2 things by saying they are each other

Question 7

Enjambement

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Rhythm

Answer 8

This describes the beat of the poem

Question 9

Rhyme

Answer 9

When lines of poetry end with the same sounds

Question 10

Stanza

Answer 10

Groups or lines of a poem (a verse)

Question 11

Assonance

Answer 11

Repetition of vowel sounds that are close together in a sentence

Question 12

Pivot

Answer 12

The point where a poem changes mood

Question 13

Caesura

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A pause within a line of poetry to gve emphasis

Question 14

Irony

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Use of words or phrases that are often sarcastic or humerous

Question 15

Fricatives

Answer 15

Soft breathy sounds

Question 16

Plosives

Answer 16

Hard explosive sounds

Question 17

Sibilance

Answer 17

a hissing sound is created in a group of words through the repetition of ‘s’ sounds. For example, “Sarah’s silly sister swallowed her sweet.”

Question 18

Superlative

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Expressing the highest degree of quality

Question 19

Forshadowing

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A warning of a future event

Question 20

Lexical set

Answer 20

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

Question 21

Archaisms

Answer 21

Words that are very old or old fashioned

Question 22

Juxtaposition

Answer 22

Two things being placed closely together for contrasting effect

Question 23

End focus

Answer 23

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