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What is the definition of alliteration?
What is allusion?
A quick reference to something that your audience will have to already know in order to understand.
What does an apostrophe denote?
A punctuation mark used in contractions to replace missing letters.
What does assonance refer to?
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What is a caesura?
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What does consonance mean?
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Define couplet.
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What is enjambment?
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Define hyperbole.
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What is internal rhythm?
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Define litotes.
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What is a metaphor?
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Define octave.
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What does onomatopoeia mean?
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Define paradox.
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What is personification?
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Define anapest.
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What is a dactyl?
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Define spondee.
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What is a trochee?
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Define iamb.
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What is a sestet?
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Define simile.
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What is synaesthesia?
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Study Notes
Vocabulary Terms for English Class
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Alliteration
Use of repeated initial sounds in a series of words, e.g., "Stellar students synthesize sweet sentences." -
Allusion
A brief reference to a person, place, or event that requires prior knowledge for full understanding. -
Apostrophe
Punctuation mark indicating omitted letters in contractions, e.g., "we'll" for "we will." -
Assonance
Repetition of vowel sounds in a sequence of words, creating a musical quality. -
Caesura
A pause or break in the middle of a line in poetry or dialogue, often resulting in silence. -
Consonance
Agreement or harmony among elements, often refers to a pleasing combination of sounds. -
Couplet
Two consecutive lines of poetry that typically rhyme, e.g., "Good night! Good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow..." -
Enjambment
Continuation of a sentence or phrase across a line break in poetry. -
Hyperbole
Exaggerated statements used for emphasis or effect, e.g., describing a sports team as "the most incredible group of humans." -
Internal Rhythm
Rhyme that occurs within a single line or between the middle of one line and the end of the next. -
Litotes
A form of understatement that expresses a positive statement by negating its opposite, e.g., "Not the brightest bulb." -
Metaphor
A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using "like" or "as," e.g., "the world's your oyster." -
Octave
An eight-note musical interval, spanning from "do" to "do." -
Onomatopoeia
Words that phonetically imitate the sounds they describe, e.g., "Boom," "Bang," "Crash." -
Paradox
A statement that appears self-contradictory or logically puzzling. -
Personification
Attributing human traits or qualities to non-human entities or abstract concepts. -
Anapest
A metrical foot consisting of two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable. -
Dactyl
A metrical foot made of a stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables. -
Spondee
A metrical unit composed of two stressed syllables. -
Trochee
A metrical foot consisting of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable. -
Iamb
A two-syllable metrical unit with the first syllable unstressed and the second stressed. -
Sestet
The last six lines of a sonnet or a group of six lines in poetry. -
Simile
A figure of speech comparing two different things using "like" or "as," e.g., "His voice was smooth, like butter." -
Synaesthesia
A phenomenon where stimulation of one sensory modality leads to involuntary experiences in another modality.
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