Words Flashcards
What is onomatopoeia?
Words that sound the same as what they represent.
What is alliteration?
The use of the same letter at the beginning of words that are close.
What is personification?
To give an inanimate object human characteristics.
What is a simile?
To describe something ‘as’ or ‘like’ something else.
What is repetition?
To use the same word/phrase more than once.
What is a metaphor?
Comparing two things by saying they are each other.
What is enjambment?
The continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line.
What is rhythm in poetry?
This describes the beat of a poem.
What does ‘Superlative’ mean?
Expressing the highest or a very high degree of a quality.
What is ‘Juxtaposition’?
Two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.
What does ‘Foreshadowing’ refer to?
Be a warning or indication of (a future event).
What is a ‘Lexical Set’?
A group of words with the same topic, function or form.
What are ‘Archaisms’?
Words that are very old or old-fashioned.
What does ‘End Focus’ mean?
Point at which poem changes mood, time, etc.
What is Rhyme?
When lines of poetry end with the same sounds.
What is a Stanza?
Groups of lines in a poem (a verse).
What is Assonance?
When vowel sounds within words are the same or very similar.
What is a Pivot?
The most important information in a clause or sentence is placed at the end.
What is Caesura?
A pause within a line of poetry to give emphasis.
What is Irony?
Use of words or phrases that are often sarcastic and or humorous.
What are Fricatives?
Sounded with a hissing effect, for example s, sh.
What are Plosives?
Hard, explosive sounds: p, t, k, b, g, d.
What is Sibilance?
Soft, breathy sounds: s, z, th, f.
