MYE Rev Flashcards

1
Q

To use the same word/phrase more than once

A

Repetition

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2
Q

When lines of poetry end with the same sounds

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Rhyme

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3
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Point at which poem changes mood,time,ect.

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Pivot

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4
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Hard,explosive sounds: p,t,k,b,g,d

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Plosives

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5
Q

A group of words with the same topic,

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Lexical set

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6
Q

Words that sound the same as what they represent

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Onomatopoeia

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7
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When vowel sounds within words are the same or very simular

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Assonance

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8
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Sounded with a hissing effect, for example s, sh

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Sibilance

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9
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Two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effects

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Juxtaposition

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10
Q

Soft breathy sounds: s, z, th, f

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Fricatives

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11
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The most important information in a clause or sentence is placed at the end

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End focus

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12
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To give sn inanimate object human characteristics.

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Personification

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13
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Words that are very old or old-fashioned

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Archaisms

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14
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Expressing the highest or a very high degree of a quality

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Superlative

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15
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Be a warning or indication of (a future event)

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Foreshadowing

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16
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The continuation of a sentence without a pause
beyond the end of a line

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Enjambment

17
Q

Comparing two things by saying they are each other

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Simile

18
Q

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

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Irony

19
Q

Groups of lines in a poem (a verse)

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Stanza

20
Q

This describes the beat of a poem

A

Rhythm

21
Q

A pause within a line of poetry to give emphasis

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Caesura

22
Q

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

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Alliteration

23
Q

Comparing things by saying they are each other

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Metaphor