Eng 150 Exam 2

Front 1

Rhyme

Back 1

Identity in sound of some part, esp. the end, of words or lines of verse.

Front 2

Assonance

Back 2

The repetition of vowel sounds in a sequence of words with different endings.

Front 3

Diction

Back 3

An author's choice of words.

Front 4

Alliteration

Back 4

The repetition of initial consonant sounds through a sequence of words.

Front 5

Syntax

Back 5

The way words are put together to form phrases, clauses, and sentences.

Front 6

Figurative Language

Back 6

Heightens meaning by implicitly or explicitly representing something in terms of some other thing, the assumption being that the "other thing" will be more familiar to the reader.

Front 7

Simile

Back 7

A direct, explicit comparison of one thing to another, usually using the words 'like' or 'as' to draw the connection.

Front 8

Metaphor

Back 8

An implicit comparison or identification of one thing with another unlike itself.

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Symbol

Back 9

A person, place, thing, event, or pattern in a literary work that designates itself and at the same time figuratively represents something else.

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Meter

Back 10

The more or less regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry.

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Rhyme Scheme

Back 11

The pattern of end rhymes in a poem, often noted by small letters. (e.g., abab or abba)

Front 12

Stanza

Back 12

A section of a poem demarcated by extra line spacing.

Front 13

Onomatopoeia

Back 13

A word capturing or approximating the sound of what it describes. (e.g., buzz)

Front 14

iamb

Back 14

A metrical foot consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed one.

Front 15

trochee

Back 15

A metrical foot consisting of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed one.