Literary Terms Unit 6

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Alliteration

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The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words. Example: 'Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore'.

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Assonance

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The repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds. Example: 'From the molten-golden notes'.

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Consonance

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The repetition of the same consonant sound at the end of words or within words. Example: 'Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door'.

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Onomatopoeia

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The use of a word which imitates or suggests the sound that the thing makes. Examples: Snap, rustle, boom, murmur.

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Slant rhyme

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When a poet creates a rhyme, but the two words do not rhyme exactly - they are merely similar. Example: 'I sat upon a stone, / And found my life has gone.'.

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End rhyme

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When the last word of two different lines of poetry rhyme. Example: 'Roses are red, violets are blue, / Sugar is sweet, and so are you.'.

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Rhyme scheme

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The pattern of a poem's end rhymes.

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Meter

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A regular pattern to the syllables in lines of poetry.

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Free verse

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Poetry that doesn't have much meter or rhyme.

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Iambic pentameter

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Poetry that is written in lines of 10 syllables, alternating stressed and unstressed syllables. Example: 'Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?'.