UNIT 1 Flashcards
the correspondence of sounds
rhyme
the regular recurrence of sounds
rhythm
rhyme at the end of lines of poetry
end rhyme
a type of approximate rhyme in which initial consonant sounds are the same
alliteration
the repetition of vowel sounds
assonance
the repetition of final consonant sounds
consonance
using words which sound like what they mean
onomatopoeia
who wrote “America for me”
henry van dike
What does Crevecoeur say Americans are? what does he encourage?
melting pot; immigration
what is the central thought of Daniel Webster’s speech in “Liberty and union”?
Liberty and union are inseparable
who wrote “What is an American”?
John de Crévecoeur
what do teachers teach in “American was schoolmasters” ?
character
what is the theme for “a jingle of words”
words’ power
who wrote “America was Schoolmasters”?
Robert Coffin
who wrote “America for me”?
Henry Van Dyke
