Vocab 4 Flashcards
1
Q
Repetition of similar vowel sounds close to one another
“The sweep / of easy wind”
A
Assonance
2
Q
Everyday speech and language
“Y’all”
“Wanna”
“It’s raining monkeys”
A
Colloquialism
3
Q
Two consecutive rhyming lines of verse
“Nature’ s first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold”
A
Couplet
4
Q
where a sentence or phrase continues beyond the end of a line or stanza without a pause, enhancing the flow and creating a
sense of movement
A
Enjambment
5
Q
Rhymes within a line of poetry
“The dove says coo coo what shall I do?”
A
Internal rhyme
6
Q
Where two words, seemingly contradictory or incongruous are joined
“Parting is such sweet sorrow”
A
Oxymoron
7
Q
Repetition of a phrase or lines in a work of literature, often at the end of a stanza
“Twinkle twinkle little star”
A
Refrain
