Paper 1 Vocabulary Flashcards
Define: dipthong
two vowel sounds (rather than one) occurring in the same syllable e.g. ‘reign’
Define: fricative
- voiced: v, th (e.g. then)
- unvoiced: f, th (e.g theatre)
- airy effect
Define: plosive
- p, b, t, d, k, g
- abrupt, sharp, sometimes shocking effect
Define: sibilant
- s, sh, x
- effect depends on context: soft, hissing, or sinister
Define: liquids
- l
- can flow, creating a sense of quick, light movement
- can sound thick, heavy when combined with dull sounds e.g. ‘laddle’
Define: phonetic symbolism
using words with the same sounds and associated meaning, e.g. gleam, glare, glitter.
Define: onomatopoeia
word that imitates or suggests the sound that it describes
- we hear the sound it describes
Define: alliteration
repetition of a consonant sound
- renders flow and beauty to writing
- draws attention
Define: assonance
repetition of vowel sounds
- creates internal rhyme
- helps develop a mood
Define: caesura
natural pause in a line of poetry:
- initial - occurs in first half of line
- medial - occurs in middle of line
- terminal - occurs at end of line
Define: closed vowel
vowel sound is closed/shortened e.g. ‘a’ in ‘cat’
Define: open vowel
vowel sound is opened/lengthened e.g. ‘o’ in ‘open’
Name the 8 parts of speech.
- adjective
- verb
- preposition
- article
- adverb
- noun
- conjunction
- pronoun
Define: adjective
describing word e.g. small, big
Define: verb
doing word e.g. fly, walk, run