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| the formation of a word from a sound assoicated with what is named ex. bang buzz zap |
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the repition of the same letter or sounds at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
ex. sally sells sea shells by the sea shore |
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| the repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in nonrhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible ex. penitence, recticence |
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the repition of consonants in a sentence
ex. theere is no gain in pain but again no pain no gain |
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the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse
ex. my cat is nice A
my cat likes mice A
my cat is fat B
i like my cat B |
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ex. chain, brain, soul, pole |
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| are words that come near rhyming, but do not really rhyme.
ex.Fate, saint, word, world,trim,thin |
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| involving a word in the middel of a line and another at the end of the line or in the middel of the next.
ex. the grains beyond age, the dark vains of her mother |
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| involving words that are similar in spelling but not in sound,
ex. stone and none |
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| a unit of pronunciation having one vowel sound, with or without surrounding consonants, forming the whole or a part of a word; for example, there are two syllables in water and three in inferno. |
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| refers to two or more syllables that together make up the smallest unit of rhythm in a poem. For example, an iambic |
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A particular arrangement of words in poetry, such as iambic pentameter, determined by the kind and number of metrical units in a line•IAMBIC (x /) : That time of year thou mayst in me behold
•TROCHAIC (/ x): Tell me not in mournful numbers
•SPONDAIC (/ /): Break, break, break/ On thy cold gray stones, O Sea!
•ANAPESTIC (x x /): And the sound of a voice that is still
•DACTYLIC (/ x x): This is the forest primeval, the murmuring pines and the hemlock (a trochee replaces the final dactyl) |
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| a line of verse of one measure or foot. |
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| A line of verse composed of two feet |
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| A line of verse composed of 3 feet |
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| A line of verse composed of 4 feet |
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| A line of verse composed of 5 feet |
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| A line of verse composed of 6 feet |
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| A line of verse composed of 7 feet |
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| A line of verse composed of 8 feet |
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| the unit of stressed and unstressed syllables that determines what we call the meter, or rhythmic measure, in the lines of a poem (lU) |
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| A metrical foot composed of two unstressed syllables followed by one stressed one, as in the word seventeen (UUl) |
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| A metrical foot composed of one stressed syllables followed by two unstressed one (lUU) |
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| the unit of stressed and stressed syllables that determines what we call the meter, or rhythmic measure, in the lines of a poem (ll) |
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| A metrical foot consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable (Ul) |
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| a comparison between to unlike things using like or as |
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| a comparison of two unlike things not using like or as |
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| giving human quality's to an inanimate object |
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| the use of words that mean the opposite of what you really think especially in order to be funny ex the titanic the unsinkable ship sunk |
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| A figure of speech in which incongruous or seemingly contradictory terms appear side by side;deafening silence and jumbo shrimp |
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a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
Nobody goes to that restaurant, it's too crowded. Don't go near the water until you've learned to swim |
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| referencing history, religion, ect. to decide something happening now |
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exaggeration for humor, or effect
ex. so hungry I could eat a horse, studying took my like 5 years to do |
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using symbols to teach a lesson
ex. animal farm |
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| is a figure of speech in which someone absent or dead or something nonhuman is addressed as if it were alive and present and was able to reply. |
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a figure of speech that consists of the use of the name of one object or concept for that of another to which it is related, or of which it is a part,
"The pen is mightier than the sword." |
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| A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole (as hand for sailor), the whole for a part (as the law for police officer), the specific for the general (as cutthroat for assassin), the general for the specific (as thief for pickpocket), or the material for the thing made from it (as steel for sword). |
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| A narrative poem, often of folk origin and intended to be sung, consisting of simple stanzas and usually having a refrain. |
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| A literary, usually verse composition in which a speaker reveals his or her character, often in relation to a critical situation or event, in a monologue addressed to the reader or to a presumed listener |
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| a poem that tells a story by following a similar structure as that for a short story or novel. The poem has a beginning, middle, as well as an end and can take the form of rhyming couplets, the direction of prose poetry as long as rhyme scheme is flexible. |
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| expressing the writer's emotions, usually briefly and in stanzas or recognized forms. |
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| Shakespearian or English sonnet |
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| form developed in 16th-century England and employed by Shakespeare, having the rhyme scheme a b a b c d c d e f e f g g. Also called: Elizabethan sonnet or English sonnet |
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| Petrarchan or Italian sonnet |
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| consisting of an octave rhyming abba abba and a sestet rhyming in any of various patterns (as cde cde or cdc dcd) —called also Petrarchan sonnet |
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