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Flashcards by S74Rlight_xoxo, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by S74Rlight_xoxo
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| Question | Answer |
| SOUND: alliteration | repeated consonant sounds at beginning of a series of words; uses sound to catch the reader’s attention |
| SOUND: assonance | repeating vowel sounds in middle of words; uses sound to catch reader’s attention; subtle device which requires careful listening to detect |
| SOUND: consonance | repeating consonant sounds in middle of words; uses sound to catch reader’s attention; subtle device, although less subtle than assonance |
| SOUND: euphony | sounds that are very pleasant to the ear; opposite of cacophony |
| SOUND: onomatopoeia | words that sound like their meaning; also know as imitative harmony (e.g. “buzz”, “hiss”, “splash”) |
| COMPARISON: metaphor | a direct comparison between two dissimilar items |
| COMPARISON: personification | a comparison between an inanimate object and a human; the inanimate object is described with human characteristics |
| COMPARISON: simile | comparison between two dissimilar items using “like” or “as” |
| WORDPLAY: allusion | reference in 1 piece of literature to another piece of literature; can also be references to people/events/places in history, religion, or myth; frequently made in poetry |
| WORDPLAY: figurative language | imaginative language that makes poems rich to readers; often relies on comparison devices (e.g. simile, metaphor, personification); opposite of literal language. |
| WORDPLAY: hyperbole | deliberate exaggeration to make a point |
| WORDPLAY: imagery | elements of a poem that appeal to the 5 senses (e.g. describing to form pictures in the reader's mind - sense of sight) |
| WORDPLAY: literal language | literal meaning of a poem; ignores imagery, symbolism, figurative language, imagination |
| WORDPLAY: mood | emotion/atmosphere; predominant feeling created by or in the poem, usually through word choice/description; not the same as tone |
| WORDPLAY: oxymoron | placement of single word opposites beside each other for dramatic effect |
| WORDPLAY: paradox | a large oxymoron; apparently contradictory statement that has elements of truth, despite the contradiction |
| WORDPLAY: repetition | deliberate repeated words/sounds/phrases/whole stanzas; used to make a point |
| WORDPLAY: symbol | something used to represent something else |
| WORDPLAY: tone | narrator’s attitude toward the subject of the poem; sometimes directed toward the reader |
| WORDPLAY: understatement | technique which achieves effect through stating less than necessary; opposite of hyperbole |
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