Sound metalanguage Flashcards
Monosyllabic
Single syllable
Stream of Consciousness
A narrative mode that attempts to capture the flow of thoughts and feelings running through a character’s mind
Cacophony
A harsh, discordant mixture of sounds
Euphony
The quality of being pleasing to the ear, especially through a harmonious combination of words
asyndeton
the omission or absence of a conjunction between parts of a sentence, as in I came, I saw, I conquered.
Chiasmus
A rhetorical or literary figure in which words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order
Assonance
when two or more words repeat the same vowel sound but begin with different consonant sounds
Consonance
The repetition of consonant sounds in quick succession
Sibilance
repeated sibilant consonants, such as s, sh, and z. Sibilant means “makes or sounded with a hissing sound.”
Onomatopoiea
a sound device created when a word imitates or evokes the sound it refers to. hiss, clang, buzz, growl, boom, drip, and splash.
Meter
patterned arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables within a line of poetry or a verse play.
Internal rhyme
When rhyming words appear in the middle of a line
Slant rhyme
Almost but not quite a rhyme, when words share a similar sound
End rhyme
Rhyming words at the end of lines
Ellision
the omission of a syllable or a sound. A poet may omit the first, internal or last syllable of a word. (o’er vales and hills)
