Poetry Terms from Chapters 16 and 17

Vowel Sounds

A sound resonating from between the top of the mouth and the tongue

Consonant Sounds

Sounds that result from the touching of various parts of the mouth.

Assonance

The repetition of vowel sounds in words that are close together in a sentence or verse.

Meter

The rhythm or pattern of beats in a line of poetry.

Voiced

When a sound is produced by the vibration of the vocal cords

Voiceless

When a sound is produced by the breath alone

Segments

Individually meaningful sounds put together to create words

Prosody

The patterns of rhythm and sound used in poetry

Internal Rhyme

Rhyme happening in the middle of lines

Sprung Rhyme

A rhythm in which the major stresses would be released, or "sprung" from the line

Inexact Rhymes

Either the vowel segments are different while the consonants are the same, or vice versa

Vowel Rhyme

The repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words.

Phonetics

The pronunciation of words in the English language

Imperfect foot

A single stressed or unstressed syllable by itself

Rhyme scheme

A poem's pattern of rhyming sounds

Graphics

Not all English sounds are spelled and pronounced the same way

Tone of Voice

Describes the shaping of attitudes from the way you speak or words you are speaking

Irony

A mode of indirection where making a point is by emphasizing a discrepancy or opposite

Satire

Use of humor to poke fun of something or someone

Verbal irony

Ironic effects of language

Dramatic irony

The character under the situation is in a limited way while the audience and other characters are fully aware

Tone

Way to describe the speaker's voice and shaping of attitudes

Situational irony

Discrepancies between ideal and actual

Common ground of assent

An appeal to a bond of commonly held interests, concerns, and assumptions (often used in satire and irony)