Sound Devices
The repetition of sounds in words that are next to each other or are close together. The sounds must be the starting sounds of the words.
What is alliteration.
An indirect comparison of two unlike things (using words such as "like" or "as").
Simile.
A universal insight about human life or the world in literature.
What is a theme.
A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry.
What is meter.
"The ice was here, the ice was there,/ The ice was all around," "The ice" is an example of...(61-62).
What is repetition.
The repetition of similar vowel sounds of words that are right next to each other or close together.
What is assonance.
Something that represents an idea or concept larger than itself.
What is a symbol.
The attitude a writer takes towards the subject he/she is writing about.
What is tone.
The analysis of a poem to determine its meter.
What is scanning.
"The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew,/ The furrows followed free" contains a good amount of what sound device? (103-104).
What is alliteration.
The repetition of same or similar consonant sounds in accented words close together or near each other, often but not always the final sound of the words.
What is consonance.
Attributing human-like characteristics to something non-human.
What is personification.
The use of sensory language (regarding any of the five senses) to bring a line of poetry to life in the mind of the reader, to help him/her picture what is going on.
What is imagery.
A metrical foot of poetry with an unstressed and then a stressed syllable.
What is an iamb.
"...he/ was tyrannous and strong;/ He struck with his o'ertaking wings,/ And chased us south along" is an example of what kind of figurative language?
What is personification.
A word, phrase, line or group of lines that is repeated.
What is a refrain or repetition.
A comparison of two unlike things that extends over several lines, several paragraphs, stanzas, or even throughout the entire literary work.
What is extended metaphor.
The associations and emotional overtones that have become attached to words or phrases. Not the literal meaning.
What is connotation.
Two part question: 1. Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter. 2. Poetry that does not conform to meter or rhyme. No formal structure.
1. What is blank verse. 2. What is free verse.
Using the indirect comparison of the long, lank brown hand of the Ancient Mariner and the ribbed sea sand is an example of... (225-227).
What is simile.
The repetition of vowel sounds in accented syllables and all succeeding syllables.
What is rhyme.
An elaborate metaphor or other figure of speech that compares two things that are startlingly different.
What is a conceit.
A play on words based on multiple meanings of a single word or on words that sound alike but mean different things.
What is a pun.
A pause of break within a line of poetry (usually indicated with punctuation).
What is caesura.