• Shuffle
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Alphabetize
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Front First
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Both Sides
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Read
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
Reading...
Front

Card Range To Study

through

image

Play button

image

Play button

image

Progress

1/10

Click to flip

Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;

Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;

H to show hint;

A reads text to speech;

10 Cards in this Set

  • Front
  • Back

Ambiguous

(of language) open to more than one interpretation; having a double meaning.: "the question is rather ambiguous" "ambiguous phrases".
Subjective

based on or influenced by personal feelings, tastes, or opinions.: "his views are highly subjective" "there is always the danger of making a subjective judgment".

Consonance

agreement or compatibility between opinions or actions.: "consonance between conservation measures and existing agricultural practice".

Assonance

in poetry, 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 (e.g., penitence, reticence ).

Alliteration

the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

Rhyme Scheme

the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse.

End Rhyme

If you have ever sung a song or read a poem aloud, you must have encountered end rhymes, because these are common type of rhyming patterns used in a poetic structure. End rhyme occurs when last syllables or words in two or more lines rhyme with each other. It is also known as tail rhyme that occurs at the end of the lines. The lines ending in similar sounds are pleasant to hear and give musical effect to the poem or song. This is called the end rhyme.

Diction

the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.: "Wordsworth campaigned against exaggerated poetic diction".

Allusion

an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.: "an allusion to Shakespeare" "a classical allusion".synonyms: reference to, mention of, suggestion of, hint to, intimation of, comment on, remark on

Stanza

a group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse.