English Flashcards
Who’s For the Game? Points to anlyze?
Dulce et decorum est? Points to anlyze?
Suicide in the trenches? Points to anlyze?
ABAB Rhyme scheme
What is Onomatopoeia?
Words that sound the same as what they represent.
What is Alliteration?
The use of the same letter at the beginning of words that are close.
What is Personification?
To give an inanimate object human characteristics.
What is a Simile?
To describe something ‘as’ or ‘like’ something else.
What is Repetition?
To use the same word/phrase more than once.
What is a Metaphor?
Comparing two things by saying they are each other.
What is Enjambment?
The continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line.
What is Rhythm?
This describes the beat of a poem.
What is Rhyme?
When lines of poetry end with the same sounds.
What is a Stanza?
Groups of lines in a poem (a verse).
What is Assonance?
When vowel sounds within words are the same or very similar.
What is a Pivot?
Point at which poem changes mood, time, etc.
What is Caesura?
A pause within a line of poetry to give emphasis.
What is Irony?
Use of words or phrases that are often sarcastic and or humorous.
What are Fricatives?
Soft, breathy sounds: s, z, th, f.
What are Plosives?
Hard, explosive sounds: p, t, k, b, g, d.
What is Sibilance?
Sounded with a hissing effect, for example s, sh.
What is a Superlative?
Expressing the highest or a very high degree of a quality.
What is Juxtaposition?
Two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.
What is Foreshadowing?
Be a warning or indication of (a future event).
What is a Lexical Set?
A group of words with the same topic, function or form.
