Test 2 Flashcards
similarity in the structure of two or more phrases, clauses, or sentences
parallelism
the regular repetition of sound in music or poetry
rhythm
a regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
meter
individual patterns or measures of rhythm
poetic feet
the process of identifying foot and meter in a line of poetry
scansion
the most common meter in English
iambic pentameter
u/
iambic foot
/u
trochaic
uu/
anapestic foot
/uu
dactylic foot
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spondaic foot
uu
pyrrhic foot
- 2 feet
- 3 feet
- 4 feet
- 5 feet
- 6 feet
- dimeter
- trimeter
- tetrameter
- pentameter
- hexameter
correspondence of sound
rhyme
rhyme where syllables are exactly alike
perfect rhyme
rhyme that pairs words that are similar but slightly mismatched in sound
slant rhyme
rhyme that combines words that look alike but don’t sound alike
eye rhyme
rhyme that falls at the end of a line and in the middle and ends of words
end rhyme
rhyme occurring within a single line of poetry
internal rhyme
the poem’s pattern of end rhyme
rhyme scheme
the repetition of the initial consonant sound
alliteration
the repetition of the final consonant sound
consonance
the repetition of vowel sounds
assonance
words that sound like what they mean
onomatopoeia