Literacy Terms Mid Term Assessment Revision

Question 1

To use the same word/phrase more than once

Answer 1

Repetition

Question 2

When lines of poetry end with the same sounds

Answer 2

Rhyme

Question 3

Point at which poem changes mood, time, etc.

Answer 3

Pivot/Volta

Question 4

Hard, explosive sounds: p, t, k, b, g, d

Answer 4

Plosives

Question 5

Sounded with a hissing effect, for example s, sh

Answer 5

Sibilance

Question 6

A group of words with the same topic, function or
form

Answer 6

Lexical Set/Semantic Field

Question 7

Words that sound the same as what they represent

Answer 7

Onomatopoeia

Question 8

When vowel sounds within words are the same or
very similar

Answer 8

Assonance

Question 9

Two things being seen or placed close together with
contrasting effect

Answer 9

Juxtaposition

Question 10

Soft, breathy sounds: s, z, th, f

Answer 10

Fricatives

Question 11

The most important information in a clause or
sentence is placed at the end

Answer 11

End Focus

Question 12

To give an inanimate object human characteristics

Answer 12

Personification

Question 13

Words that are very old or old-fashioned

Answer 13

Archaisms

Question 14

Expressing the highest or a very high degree of a
quality

Answer 14

Superlative

Question 15

Be a warning or indication of (a future event)

Answer 15

Foreshadowing

Question 16

The continuation of a sentence without a pause
beyond the end of a line

Answer 16

Enjambment

Question 17

Comparing two things by saying they are each other

Answer 17

Metaphor

Question 18

Use of words or phrases that are often sarcastic and
or humorous

Answer 18

Irony

Question 19

To describe something ‘as’ or ‘like’ something else

Answer 19

Similie

Question 20

Groups of lines in a poem (a verse)

Answer 20

Stanza

Question 21

This describes the beat of a poem

Answer 21

Rhythm

Question 22

A pause within a line of poetry to give emphasis

Answer 22

Caesura

Question 23

The use of the same letter at the beginning of words
that are close

Answer 23

Alliteration