English Flashcards
Meter
A rhythmical pattern of a poem
Rhyme
The repetition of sounds at the end of words
Stanza
Verse of a poem that makes a unit
Enjambment
The continuation of a sentence from one line of the poem to the next
Example:
Spring evening in twilight
I have nowhere to hide’
Imagery
The use of language to create an image for the reader
Metaphor
A comparison between 2 things that are not alike
Example: Heart of gold
Simile
A comparison between 2 things using “like” or “as”
Personification
Giving human traits to non human things
Example: The doll cried when she was her toy cat run away
Alliteration
Repetition of constant sounds in words
Example: Palmer paints pretty pink pictures
Guzzling and gulping
Assonance
Repetition of vowel sounds in words
Example; The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain
Onomatopoeia
Define: When words sound like their meaning.
Example: Guzzling and gulping in the best hotel
Hyperbole
Definition: Exaggeration for emphasis
Example: I went on that rollercoaster billion times
Contrast
when there is a strikingly obvious difference between two things.
Example: And when the war is done and the youth stone dead I’d toddle safely home and die in bed.
Direct Speech
When someone is quoted directly in a
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Example: “poor young chap” “I used to know his father well.
Sibilance
The repetition of ‘s’ sounds
Example: The sea snake slithered in the sand.
