Sound Devices
Figurative Language
General 1
Rhythm and Meter
General 2
100
Rhyme contained within a line of verse.
What is internal rhyme?
100
A comparison between two unlike objects using like or as.
What is simile?
100
The word that means word choice.
What is diction?
100
Verse without metrical pattern.
What is free verse?
100
The overall message or meaning in a work. It is not a moral or a lesson.
What is the theme?
200
Repetition of the consonant sounds at the beginnings of words.
What is alliteration?
200
Giving human-like qualities to non-human things.
What is personification?
200
Repetition of the same pattern of words or phrases within a sentence or passage to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance.
What is parallel structure?
200
Unhymed lines of iambic pentameter.
What is blank verse?
200
A recurring image, idea, or symbol.
What is motif?
300
The use of a word whose sound suggests its meaning.
What is onomatopoeia?
300
A direct comparison between two unlike objects with similar characteristics.
What is metaphor?
300
The author's attitude toward the subject.
What is the tone?
300
a duple meter that consists of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed one.
What is trochee or trochaic?
300
An overused phrase, often a metaphor that once was fresh, but has become dull with overuse. (ie. you can't judge a book by its cover)
What is cliche?
400
The use of harmonious sounds for effect.
What is euphony?
400
A gross exaggeration for effect.
What is hyperbole?
400
The arrangement of words within a sentence.
What is syntax?
400
A triple meter consisting of a stressed syllable followed by two unstressed ones.
What is a dactyl or dactyllic?
400
When the audience knows something that the characters do not.
What is dramatic irony?
500
The repetition of vowel sounds (ie. there are two blue moons)
What is assonance?
500
Substituting an attribute or a word that relates to the object for the whole. (Ex. step on the gas)
What is metonymy?
500
When the words are out of normal order. Example: Happy am I.
What is inversion?
500
Duple or triple meters that end with a stressed syllable.
What is rising meters?
500
The emotional meanings that surround a word.
What is connotation?
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