Prosody (Beat/Rhythm) Flashcards
1
Q
Rhyme Scheme
A
Pattern of line-endings
A
B
A
B
2
Q
Meter
A
Pattern of measured sound units
U/ U/ U/
3
Q
Foot
A
A unit of 2 unstressed syllables
spaghet - ti
4
Q
Stressed syllable and
Unstressed syllable
A
/
U
5
Q
Iamb
A
Unstressed and Stressed
U/
6
Q
Trochee
A
Stressed and Unstressed
/U
7
Q
Pyrrhic
A
2 Unstressed
UU
8
Q
Spondee
A
2 Stressed
//
9
Q
Caesura
A
A pause in a line (,)
10
Q
End-Stopped line
A
Line ended with some form of punctuation (.)
11
Q
Enjambment
A
No punctuation at the end of a line
12
Q
Assonance
A
Rhyming vowels sound close to one another
Bike, hike, like
13
Q
Consonance
A
Repetition of consonant sounds close to one another
Pitter patter
14
Q
Dissonance
A
Lack of harmony in the sounds
15
Q
Euphony
A
Sweet-sounding
