English Word Techniques Flashcards
(20 cards)
Irony
Use of words or phrases that are often sarcastic and humorus.
Sibilance
Sounded with a hissing effect, for example s, sh
Plosives
Hard explosive sounds: p t k b g d
Fricatives
Soft, breathy sounds: s z th f
Pivot
Point at which a poem changes mood time etc.
Personification
To give inanimate objects human characteristics
Assonance
When vowel sounds with in the words are the same or very similar
Lexical set
A group of words with the same topic, function or form.
Onomatopoeia
Words that sound the sameas what they represent
Archaisms
Words that are very old fashioned
Juxtaposition
Two things being seen or placed closed together with contrasting effect
Superlative
Expressing the highest or a very high degree of quality
Simile
To describe somthing ‘as’ or ‘like’ something else
Alliteration
The use of the same letter at the beginning of words that are close
Repetition
To use the same word/phrase more than once
Metaphor
Comparing two things by saying they are each other
Enjambment
The continuation of a sentence without a pause beyoned the end of a line
Rhythm
This describes the beat of a poem
Rhyme
When limes of poetry end with the same sounds
Stanza
Groups of lines in a poem (a verse)
