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ENGLISH LITERATURE A2 > English Terms > Flashcards

English Terms Flashcards

1
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Allegory

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Saying one thing whilst meaning another

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Anapaest

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A metrical foot consisting of three syllables. Di di dum

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Anaphora

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Repetition of the same word

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Assonance

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Repetition of vowel sounds

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5
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Asyndeton

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Missing conjunction from a list

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6
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Blank verse

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Unrhymed iambic pentameter

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Couplet

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A pair of rhyming lines

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Dactyl

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Metrical foot with three feet. Dum di di

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9
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Elision

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Omission of a letter, replaced by an apostrophe

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10
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Iamb

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Di dum

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11
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Trochee

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Dum di

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12
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Free Verse:

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verse in which the metre and line length vary, and no discernible pattern of rhyme.

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13
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Homophones

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Words that sound the same but have different meanings

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14
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Hyper metrical

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Having an extra syllable over the normal length

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Iambic pentameter

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unrhymed line of five feet in which the accent usually falls on the second syllable of each foot (di dúm), a pattern known as an iamb.

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16
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Lexical set

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Words grouped today

Words of the week

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Metre

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Stressed and unstressed in a line of verse

18
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Monorhyme

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aaaa

19
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Ottava rima:

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an eight line verse stanza rhyming abababcc

20
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Polysyndeton

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Use of multiple conjunctions

21
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Quatrain

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4 line verse. Usually abab

22
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Topos

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Describing a person’s physical features from head to toe

23
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Adjective

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describing word

Red hat
Quick fox

24
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Adverb

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Adds to the action of the verb

Ran quickly
Ran fast

25
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Conjunction

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Joining word

And
But

26
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Noun

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Names a person of a thing

Duck
Man

27
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Abstract noun

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Properties

Invisibility
Gentleness

28
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Preposition

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To
With
From
For

29
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Pronoun

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He
Her
Them

ENGLISH LITERATURE A2 (12 decks)

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