Brit Lit Midterm Terms
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16 Terms
Alliteration
The repitition of consonants
Onomatopoeia
A word that imitates a sound
Assonance
Repition of vowel sounds within words
Consonance
Repition of consonant sounds
Meter
The rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry
Stanza
A group of lines in a poem
Sonnet
Poetic form with 14 lines, usually in Iambic pentameter with rhyme scheme
Rhyme Scheme
The pattern of rhymes in a poem, labeled w/ letters
Conceit
An elaboration, often a surprising metaphor
Kenning
A compound phrase that replaces a noun
Idiom
A phrase whose meaning is not literal
Oxymoron
Two contradictory words placed together
Apostrophe
Addressing an absent person, idea or object directly
Synecdoche
A part represts the whole or the whole represents a part
Paradox
A statement that seems contradictory but reveals the truth
Parallel structure
Repeating grammatical patters for emphasis or rhythm
