Terms Flashcards

1
Q

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

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Alliteration

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2
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Words that sound the same as what they represent

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Onomatopoeia

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3
Q

To give an inanimate object human characteristics

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Personification

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4
Q

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

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Simile

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5
Q

To use the same word/phrase more than once

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Repitition

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6
Q

Comparing two things by saying they are each other

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Metaphor

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7
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The continuation of a sentence without a pause
beyond the end of a line

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Enjambment

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8
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This describes the beat of a poem

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Rythm

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9
Q

When lines of poetry end with the same sounds

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Rhyme

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10
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Groups of lines in a poem (a verse)

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Stanza

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11
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When vowel sounds within words are the same or
very similar

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Assonance

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12
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Point at which poem changes mood, time, etc.

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Pivot

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13
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A pause within a line of poetry to give emphasis

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Caesura

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14
Q

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

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Irony

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15
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Soft, breathy sounds: s, z, th, f

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Fricatives

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16
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Hard, explosive sounds: p, t, k, b, g, d

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Plosives

17
Q

Sounded with a hissing effect, for example s, sh

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Sibilance

18
Q

Expressing the highest or a very high degree of a
quality

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Superlative

19
Q

Two things being seen or placed close together with
contrasting effect

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Juxtaposition

20
Q

Be a warning or indication of (a future event)

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Foreshadowing

21
Q

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

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Lexical set

22
Q

Words that are very old or old-fashioned

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Archaisms

23
Q

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

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End focus