Pre Ap English Vocab Quiz

Alliteration

repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words placed close together

Assonance

repeated vowel sounds in words close together

Consonance

repeated consonance sounds at the end of words placed close together

Cacophony

A discordant of harsh words that have unpleasant sounds conveying a disorder

Euphony

Words that convey pleasant sounds

Onomatopoeia

words that mean what they sound like

Rhythm

A pattern of stressed an unstressed syllables that create a beat or flow

tall and tough

alliteration

rain in spain

Assonance

cheeky monkey

consonance

my stick fingers click with a snicker

cacophony

lullaby

euphony

click

onomatopoeia

Shall I | com-PARE | thee TO | a SUM | mer's DAY

rhythm

Allegory

repersentation of abstract or spiritual meaning

Ambuguity

word/phrase that can mean more than one thing

Connotation

an idea or feeling that a word envokes in addition to its primary or literal meaning

denotation

literal definition

euphemism

an understatement to lessen effect of statement

hyperbole

outrageous exaggeration in which noun is reffered to by something loosley associated

metonymy

figure of speech in which noun is reffered to by something closley associated

oxymoron

combination of two words that appear to contradict eachother

paradox

statement in which seeming contradiction may reveal unexpected truth

synedoche

indicating a person, object, etc by letting only a certain part repersent the whole

animal farm

allegory

I found a bat in the woods

ambiguity

curious vs. nosy

connotation

denotation

literal definition

she rests peacefully 

euphenism

he weighs a ton

hyperbole

metonymy

the bench will review the case

deafeing silence

oxymoron

death thou shalt die

paradox

suits repersenting buisnessmen

synedoche