English test

Alliteration 

Repetition of the same sound at the beginning of a series of words. Start with the same letter.

Allusion

An implied indirect reference to something that is known by the reader. scrooge

Analogy

Compares 2 different things to provide a deeper understanding. apples to fall, flowerrs to spring

Anaphora

Repeating a word or phrase at the beginning of successive lines - i have a dream

Assonance

The repetition of the vowel sound in non-rhyming stressed syllables.

Cacaphony

A harsh discordant mixture of sounds, crickets at night

Cauesura

A break between words

Connotation

An idea of feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal meaning

Consonance

repeating consonant sounds in nearby words (pitter-patter)

Denotation

The primary meaning of a word used as literal definition (under the trees means literally under the trees)

Dissonance

The use of disharmonious sounds, rhythms, or ideas to create an unsettling effect; or lack of harmony in concepts

End rhyme

When words at the end of a line rhyme

End stopped lines

A line of verse that concludes with a grammatical boundary or punctuation, contains thought

Enjambment

Where a sentence or clause continues from one line to the next without punctuation at the end of the line. 

Euphony

The use of melodious and pleasing sounds to create a harmonious effect. ëg: blew through a room

Homonym

Each of two or more words having the same spelling or pronunciation but different meanings and origins. right and right

Homophone

Same pronunciation, but different meaning or spelling.

Hyperbole

Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

Internal Rhyme

A rhyme involving a word in the middle of a line and another at the end of that line, or in the middle of the next. Rhyming within the line. dr seuss

Irony

The expression of ones meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, sarcasm. 

Juxtaposition

Placing two contrasting ideas to create a deeper meaning.

Line break

the intentional end of a line of text, to create a deliberate pause or shift in the poem.

Meter

Rhythmic structure of a verse, formed by recurring pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables also known as a metrical foot. 

Mood

The overall feeling and emotion the author created.

Motif

A recurring subject that appears throughout the piece to emphasize a central theme. dominant idea

Onomatopoeia

The use of words that sound like the noise or action they describe.

Paradox

Using statements that contradict themselves but reveal a deeper truth or complex meaning. paramor, good and evil

Repetition

Reuse of words, phrases, lines, or stanzas, to create emphasis, or rhythm, etc

Rhyme

A literary device characterized by reappearing identical or similar sounds at the end of words. 

Rhythm

The musical quality and flow of the poem

Sensory Detail

Descriptive language that appeals to the readers five senses.

Sibilance

Repetition of hissing consonant sounds. Creates a rhythmic effect.

Stanza

A poems paragraph

Synechdoche

Speech in which a part of something is used to represent the whole or vice versa.  go LEX

Symbol

The use of an object, person, action, or idea that carries a literal meaning, but also a deeper meaning.

Syntax

The poets intentional manipulation of word order and grammatical structure to create a meaning.

Tone

The authors attitude or feeling toward the subject matter, conveyed through choice of words. 

Volta

The turn in thought, argument, emotion, perspective, that occurs within a poem. a shift in meaning