English Honors Vocab 1

Allusion

a reference to a well known place or thing in literature

Apostrophe

Speaking to absent, dead, or object

Assonance

Starts w a vowel sound, doesn’t rhyme Repeats same or similar vowel sounds within words in close proximity

Cacophony

A harsh, loud, mixture of sounds

Cliché

Phrase that is overuse and betrays a lack of original thought

Consonance

repetition of consonance sounds inside a word or end of word

Couplet

2 lines in a verse joined by rhyme, that form a unit

Enjambment

The continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line

Figurative language

Ways of words and phrases in a way that goes beyond their literal meaning

Figure of a speech

Word or phrase used in a nonliteral sense for vivid effect (it’s raining cats and do

Free verse

Poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter

Hyperbole

Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally

Idiom

Overall meaning is diff from literal meaning of individual words

Imagery

Visually descriptive

Alliteration

First letter of each word is the same