FLASH CARD UNIT 1

Atmosphere

Apostrophe

Syllable

Free verse

Audience

Rhyme

Phrase

Rhythm

Enjambment

A unit of sound (a beat) that can be a
word on its own, e.g. man; but can be
joined with other units of sound to form
other words, e.g. woman

A punctuation mark (’) indicating
possession or omission
How the physical situation or
environment feels

The endings of words that sound
the same, usually at the ends of lines
in a poem

The people for whom authors have
written their work

An open form of poetry, which
does not have a regular meter pattern,
rhyme or rhythm (beat). It often follows
the rhythm of natural speech

The continuation of a sentence into
the next line of a poem

The beat or pace (speed) of a poem. It
is formed by the pattern of stressed
and unstressed words or syllables

A group of words that do not contain a
verb, e.g. She ate her breakfast while on
the bus.

Caesura

Adverb

Verb

Semi-colon

Colon

Clause

Complex sentence

Repetition

Alliteration

A word that expresses an action or a
state of being, e.g. Joe ate his dinner.
Joe no longer felt hungry.

A word, frequently ending in -ly, that is
used to describe the action expressed by
a verb, e.g. Joe ate hungrily.

A pause in a verse where one phrase
ends and another phrase begins. The
pause is often shown by a comma

A group of words containing a verb. A
main clause makes sense on its own; a
subordinate clause depends on a main
clause for its sense to be clear

A punctuation mark that introduces
something that is to follow

A punctuation mark (;) used to link two
independent clauses and can be used
between sentences that have a common
theme to create a pause and emphasis
effect, like the effect of a full stop

Repetition of consonant sounds in
words that are close together
To repeat words or phrases
again and again

A long sentence that contains one main
(independent) and at least one
dependent (or subordinate)
clause. A subordinate clause does
not make sense on its own

Assonance

Sibilance

Genre

Novel

Setting

Compound sentence

Connective

Personification

Mood

A particular type of literature or
other art form, e.g. novel, poetry,
science fiction

Repetition of consonant sounds that
make a hissing sound (s, z, sh and zh)
Repetition of vowel sounds in
words that are close together

A sentence consisting of two or more
main (independent) clauses that are
linked in some way

The place or places in which
the events in a book, film or piece of
writing occur

A work of fiction, usually
written in a book

The emotional setting; the feeling a
reader gets when reading a poem
A literary device that presents a thing
or an abstract idea as a person

Any word such as a conjunction,
preposition or adverb that connects
one clause to another