English Summer Test Flashcards
What is rhyme?
Rhyme is similar sounding words in poetry or song. Rhyme creates a musical quality. Many poets and songwriters make use of a rhyming scheme, where similar sounding words are placed at the end of lines. This is known as end rhyme. Internal rhyme is when some words or phrases within the same line rhyme
What is rhythm
Rhythm is the way beats are arranged in a poem or song. Rhythm gives poetry and songs a beat or sense of timing.
What is a title?
A title is the name given to a poem or song.
What is narrative poetry?
Narrative poetry is poetry that tells a story.
Describe tone and mood
Tone is a poet’s attitude towards the subject matter of a poem. Mood is the feeling or atmosphere in a poem.
What is imagery?
Imagery is descriptive language that appeals to our senses (sight, sound, smell, taste and touch). Every poem contains imagery. When you read a poem, try to imagine what the poet is describing.
Define the term repetition.
Poets use repetition to emphasise their point or to draw attention to an important theme.
What is theme?
The theme is the main message or idea explored in a poem. Poems can have more than one theme.
Define what alliteration is.
Alliteration is a sound effect created when words that begin with the same letter are placed beside or close to one another in a sentence. Eg. Puffy petulant.
What is sibilance?
Sibilance is a sound effect that occurs when ‘s’ or ‘sh’ sounds are created in words that are placed close together.
Define the term personification.
Personification is when an object is described as if it has feelings and behaves in a human way.
What is lyric poetry?
Lyric poetry is written in a simple style and expresses emotions or personal feelings. Lyric poems usually rhyme, creating rhythm and a musical quality.
What is a simile?
Similes compare one thing to another, using the words ‘like’ or ‘as’ or ‘than’. Eg. Her eyes shone like diamonds.
Define what a metaphor is.
Metaphors describe something as though it is something else.
What is a hyperbole?
Hyperbole is when a poet uses exaggeration to get their point across.
What is enjambment?
Enjambment is when a sentence or phrase runs from one line of poetry into the next.
What is assonance?
Assonance is a poetic technique that uses repeated vowel sounds to draw out each word.
Define the word onomatopoeia?
Onomatopoeia is a sound effect created when a word sounds like what it is describing.
For example, ‘sizzle’, ‘crackle’, ‘thud’, ‘buzz’ and ‘boom’.
What is a symbol?
A symbol is something that represents another thing.
What is allusion?
Allusion is an indirect or subtle reference to something. Poets use allusion in their poems when they suggest something rather than say it.
What is comparing and contrasting?
It is looking at the difference between to poems because often two poems are studied together.
