Collection 2 (HMH) Vocabulary

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What is the term for 'words that rhyme at the ends of lines of poetry'?

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End rhyme

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What does 'abnormal' mean?

Back

Not typical, usual, or regular; not normal

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What is an 'oxymoron'?

Back

A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction (e.g., jumbo shrimp, sanitary dump)

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What does 'dialect' refer to?

Back

A form or type of language spoken in a specific region or cultural group

Front

What is 'meter' in poetry?

Back

A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables

Front

What is 'rhyme scheme'?

Back

The pattern of rhymes at the end of each line of a poem.

Front

What does 'alliteration' mean?

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The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

Front

What is 'onomatopoeia'?

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A word that phonetically imitates, resembles, or suggests the sound that it describes (e.g., buzz, hiss).

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What does 'perceive' mean?

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To become aware or conscious of something; to interpret or look at something in a particular way.

Front

What is a 'couplet'?

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A pair of successive lines of verse, typically rhyming and having the same meter.