english FINAL vocab

assonance

repetition of vowel sounds

alliteration

repetition of consonants at the beginning of words

caesura

lines — in poetry to signify a new idea

elegy

mourning poem, song ish

elision

emiting a vowel or syllable to maintain the same meter in each line

enjambment

sentence continues into the next line of poetry

epic

long narrative poem that describes adventures of a hero

free verse

no meter or rhyme

metonymy

term replaced for an object or idea

octave

eight line stanza

ode

long poem with varied stanza length, meter, rhyme, and form; praises or glorifies person, place, object, or idea

paradox

contradictory phrases put next to each other

quatrain

four line stanza

sestet

six line stanza

sonnet

14 line poem (iambic pentameter); either 3 quatrains & concluding couplet OR octave & sestet

synecdoche

part of a whole replacing the whole

tercet

three line stanza

villanelle

19 line poem with lots of repetition - 5 tercets, concluding quatrain

end rhyme

rhyming the last words in lines of a poem

internal rhyme

rhyming inside lines of poetry

slant rhymes

rhyme where the two words share just a vowel or consonant sound

rich rhymes

diff words that rhyme

eye rhyme

words that look the same but sound different

identical rhymes

using the same word to rhyme

allusion

1 time reference to something else (person, place, event, literature)

analogy

comparison

anaphora

repeating a phrase throughout the piece

anecdote

short narrative about a real event

authorial purpose

why the author writes the text

cacaphony

unpleasant mixture of sounds (harsh consonants)

connotation

feelings evoked from a word

consonance

repetition of consonant anywhere in the word

consonant sound

not vowels (air blocked to make the sound)

contrast

comparing 2 things by identifying their differences

denotation

literal definition of a word

dissonance

disruption of tone/harmony - harsh change to mimic the events in the text

end-stopped lines

when punctuation is at the end of the line

eulogy

text written to HONOR OR PRAISE the death of someone; often given at funerals

euphony

text that “sounds good”/flows smoothly due to the harmonious vowel sounds used throughout

figurative language

using words to express an idea, not the literal meaning of the words

hyperbole

exaggeration

imagery

using descriptive language (usually using one of the senses) to paint a picture in the reader’s mind

irony

exact opposite of what you expect to happen (3 types (DVdS)

juxtaposition

placing contrasting things side by side

metaphor

direct comparison; comparison not using “like” or “as”

meter

rhythm of a poem

mood

emotion the reader feels

motif

repeating idea in a story to build theme (symbol but idea instead of object)

narrator

the voice (sometimes character) who tells the overall story

onomatopoeia

sounds that sound how they are spelled

personification

giving non-human things human-like qualities

repetition

saying or doing something repeatedly

rhyme

repetition of identical or similar sounds at the end of words

rhythm

pacing and flow of text; stressed vs unstressed syllables

sensory detail

describing using sight, sound, smell, taste, or touch (5 senses)

sibilance

repetition of hissing or hushing sounds (s, sh, z)

similie

comparison using like or as

stanza

paragraph in poetry

structure

the organization of a body of text

symbol

repeated object throughout a text

syntax

order and arrangement of words into sentences

tone

author’s attitude towards the subject

volta

“turn” in italian; transition in sonnet

vowel sound

a, e, i, o, u, (y)