Methods Flashcards
(44 cards)
What is alliteration?
Repetition of the same consonant sound at the start of nearby words.
What is assonance?
Repetition of vowel sounds within nearby words.
What is consonance?
Repetition of consonant sounds, typically at the end or middle of words.
What is sibilance?
Repetition of soft ‘s’, ‘sh’, or ‘z’ sounds to create mood or tone.
What is euphony?
Pleasant, harmonious sounds used to create a soothing effect.
What is cacophony?
Harsh, jarring sounds that create tension or discomfort.
What is onomatopoeia?
A word that imitates the natural sound it represents.
What is metaphor?
A direct comparison where something is described as something else.
What is simile?
A comparison using ‘like’ or ‘as’.
What is conceit?
An extended or elaborate metaphor, often surprising or unusual.
What is personification?
Giving human qualities to non-human things.
What is metonymy?
Replacing something with a related concept or name.
What is synecdoche?
A part used to represent the whole, or vice versa.
What is irony?
A contrast between expectation and reality, often to highlight complexity or critique.
What is paradox?
A seemingly self-contradictory statement that contains truth.
What is oxymoron?
A phrase combining opposite or contradictory terms.
What is enjambment?
A sentence or phrase that runs over from one line to the next without pause.
What is caesura?
A deliberate pause or break within a line of poetry.
What is iambic pentameter?
A five-foot line of unstressed-stressed syllables, often used in sonnets.
What is blank verse?
Unrhymed iambic pentameter.
What is free verse?
Poetry without regular meter or rhyme.
What is a sonnet?
A 14-line poem, typically in iambic pentameter, with a specific rhyme scheme.
What is a villanelle?
A 19-line poem with repeating lines and a set rhyme scheme (ABA).
What is tone?
The poet’s attitude toward the subject or reader.
