3 Flashcards
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the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
Example: Notice the alliteration (underlined) in “Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout
Would Not Take the Garbage Out” by Shel Silverstein
Alliteration
words that sound like their meaning.
Example: buzz, swish, hiss, gulp.
Onomatopoeia
sounds, words, or phrases that are repeated to add emphasis or
create rhythm. Parallelism is a form of repetition.
Examples: Two lines from “Jabberwocky” by Lewis Carroll showing parallelism:
Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Read the poem “The Bells” by Edgar Allan Poe and listen to the way the repetition
of the word “bells” adds rhythm and creates an increasingly ominous and morbid
mood.
Repetition
a line or stanza repeated over and over in a poem or song.
Example: In “Jingle Bells,” the following refrain is repeated after every stanza:
Jingle Bells, jingle bells,
Jingle all the way!
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh!
Refrain
play with the sounds and meanings of real or invented words.
Example: Two lines from the poem “Synonyms” by Susan Moger:
Claptrap, bombast, rodomontade,
Hogwash, jargon, and rant
Two lines from the poem “Antonio” by Laura E. Richards:
Antonio, Antonio,
Was tired of living alonio.
Word Play
the use of specific words to describe a person, place, thing,
or action.
Precise language
the use of descriptive details that appeal to one or more of
the five senses.
Sensory details
comparison of two unlike things, using the words like or as.
Simile
comparison of two unlike things, not using the words like or as.
Metaphor
ascribe human traits to non-human or non-living things.
Personification
person, place, thing, or action that stands for something else.
Symbolism
the use of exaggeration to express strong emotion or create
a comical effect.
Hyperbole
a reference to a familiar person, place, or event.
Allusion
cultural expression that cannot be taken literally.
Idiom
development of the characters in a story or poem (what
they look like, what they say and do, what their personalities are like, what they
think and feel, and how they’re referred to or treated by others).
Characterization
conversation between the characters in a story or
poem.
Dialogue
particular style of speaking of the
narrator and the characters in a story or poem (according to their region, time
period, and social expectations).
Dialect or Colloquial Language
the problem or situation a character or characters face in a story or
poem.
Conflict
the series of events in a story or poem.
Plot
distinctive, idiosyncratic way a narrator has of telling a
story or poem (tone and voice depend on the intended audience, the purpose for
writing, and the way the writer or poem feels about his/her subject).
Tone and voice
