english 2

Metonymy

the name of one object for another with which it is closely associated

Onomatopoeia

the use of words in which the sounds seem to resemble the sounds they describe

Oxymoron

a form of paradox that combines a pair of contrary terms into a single expression

Paradox

a situation or action or feeling that appears to be contradictory but on inspection turns out to be true or at least to make sense

Personification

a kind of metaphor that gives inanimate objects or abstract ideas human characteristics

Rime

similarity of sounds, usually at the end of lines

Perfect Rime

identical sounds (dead/red)

Rime Scheme

the riming pattern found in a poem

Slant (Near, Off)

sounds that are close but not identical (down/then)

Eye

words that look as if they sound alike (move/love)

Sarcasm

a type of irony, often bitter (or nasty) whose purpose is to injure or hurt

Sonnet

a fixed form of fourteen lines of iambic pentameter

Italian Sonnet (Petrarchan)

two-part structure consisting of an octave and sestet

English (Shakespearean)

four-part structure consisting of three quatrains & a couplet

Simile

a comparison of two different things or ideas through the use of the words like or as

Symbolism

the use of one object which stands for something else

Synecdoche

a form of metaphor which substitutes a part for the whole

Understatement

the opposite of hyperbole. It is a kind of irony that deliberately represents something as being much less than it really is.