Yearlys 2024 - English Techniques Flashcards
study techniques
Assonance
Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds within nearby words to create rhythm, enhance mood, or reinforce meaning in poetry and prose.
Blank Verse
Blank verse doesn’t rhyme but it has a rhythm
Enjambment
Running sentences over the end of one line onto the next without using punctuation like a comma or period to indicate a pause.
Free Verse
Free verse rhymes but doesn’t have rhythm
Iambic Pentameter
A line with five metrical feet. (repeats the pattern of the poem 5 times)
Oxymoron
A figure of speech that combines contradictory words with opposing meanings.
e.g: A terrible beauty.
Rhythm
In poetry, rhythm is expressed through stressed and unstressed syllables.
Sibilance
Sibilance is a type of literary device and figure of speech wherein a hissing sound is created in a group of words through the repetition of ‘s’ sounds.
Synecdoche
A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa.
e.g. “Nice wheels” referring to a nice car
Hyperbole
An exaggeration
Anaphora
Repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of a line throughout a
work or the section of a work.
Anthropomorphism
An anthropomorphism occurs when something nonhuman, such as an animal, place, or inanimate object, behaves in a human-like way.
Dramatic Irony
When the audience is aware of the true intentions or outcomes, while the characters are not. As a result, certain actions and/or events take on different meanings for the audience than they do for the characters involved.
Situational Irony
Situational irony: When something happens that’s the opposite of what was expected or intended to happen.
Verbal Irony
Verbal irony: When someone says something but means the opposite (similar to sarcasm).
