English 4 Literary Terms Flashcards
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A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a siscription more emphatic or vivid
Simile
A figure of speech on which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which is not literally applicable
Metaphor
The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form
Personification
A thing that represents or stands for something else
Symbol
E occurrence of he same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
Alliteration
The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named
Onomatopoeia
A strategy readers use to think more deeply about a text.
Sensory imagery
Poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter
Free verse
A poem has lines ending with words that sound the same
End rhyme
A rhyme involving word in the middle of a line and another at the end of the line or in the middle of the next
Internal rhyme
The ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse
Rhyme scheme/ Rhyme
A strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound
Rhythm
An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal of primary meaning
Connotation
The literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or idea that the word suggests
Denotation
Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally
Hyperbole
A figure of speech I. Which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction
Oxymoron
The arrange,met of word and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language
Syntax
The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing
Diction
The subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a persons thoughts, or an exhibition
Theme
An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly
Allusion
Language where the literal meaning of words or phrases is disregarded in order to show an imaginative relationship between diverse things
Figurative language
Literary work in which special intensify is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm
Poetry
A group of lines forming the basic recurring metrics, unit in a poem
Stanza
A figure of speech in poetry that is addressed to an apse the person or thing
Apostrophe
