Elements Of Style Flashcards
(50 cards)
Connotative
An idea or meaning suggested by or associated with a word or thing
Denotative
The fact or primary meaning of the word
Cacophonous
Involving or producing a harsh, discordant mix of sounds
Monosyllabic
Consists of one syllable
Colloquial
Ordinary or familiar conversation
Melodious
Producing or having a pleasant tone
Enjambment
The continuation of a sentence without pause beyond the end of a line or stanza
Carpe Diem
Used as an admonition to seize the pleasures of the moment without concern for the future
Caesura
A break between words within a metrical foot
Pastoral
A work of literature portraying an idealized version of country life
Consonance
Agreement or comparability between opinions or actions
Volta
A turn in thought in a sonnet, indicated by BUT, YET, or AND YET
Elizabethan Sonnet
Used by Shakespeare, written in iambic pentameter and consisting of three quatrains and a final couplet. abab cdcd gg
Assonance
Resemblance of sound, especially of the vowel sounds
Petrarchan Sonnet
A sonnet containing an octave with the rhyme scheme abbaabba and a sestet fallowing any of the various patterns such as cdcde or cdcdcd
Iambs
A metrical foot consisting of one short syllable followed by one long syllable
Trochee
A foot consisting of one long or stressed followed by one short or unstressed syllable
Pentameter
A line of verse consisting of five metrical feet or of two halves of each other and a long syllable
Quatrain
A stanza of four lines
Sestet
The last six lines of a sonnet
Haiku Stichomithia
Dialogue in which two characters speak alternative lines of verse, uses as a stylistic device in Ancient Greek drama
Villanelle
A nineteen-line poem with two rhyme throughout
Scansion
The action of scanning a line of verse to determine its rhythm
Spenserian sonnet
Abab bcbd cdcd ee
