English Terms Flashcards
Allegory
Saying one thing whilst meaning another
Anapaest
A metrical foot consisting of three syllables. Di di dum
Anaphora
Repetition of the same word
Assonance
Repetition of vowel sounds
Asyndeton
Missing conjunction from a list
Blank verse
Unrhymed iambic pentameter
Couplet
A pair of rhyming lines
Dactyl
Metrical foot with three feet. Dum di di
Elision
Omission of a letter, replaced by an apostrophe
Iamb
Di dum
Trochee
Dum di
Free Verse:
verse in which the metre and line length vary, and no discernible pattern of rhyme.
Homophones
Words that sound the same but have different meanings
Hyper metrical
Having an extra syllable over the normal length
Iambic pentameter
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.
Lexical set
Words grouped today
Words of the week
Metre
Stressed and unstressed in a line of verse
Monorhyme
aaaa
Ottava rima:
an eight line verse stanza rhyming abababcc
Polysyndeton
Use of multiple conjunctions
Quatrain
4 line verse. Usually abab
Topos
Describing a person’s physical features from head to toe
Adjective
describing word
Red hat
Quick fox
Adverb
Adds to the action of the verb
Ran quickly
Ran fast
