English Terms

What is Slant Rhyme?

• Formed with words with similar but not identical sounds and can be end or internal rhyme.

• A rhyme involving a word in the middle of a line and another at the end of the line or in the middle of the text.

• Repetitive sounds produced by consonants within a sentence or phrase.

• Repetition in vowel sounds in words that don't end with the same consonant.

What is Assonance?

• Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds in words that don't end in the same consonant.

• Assonance is the repetition of consonant sounds in nearby words.
• Assonance is a literary device that involves the use of onomatopoeia.
• Assonance is a type of punctuation used in poetry.

What is Consonance?

• Consonance is the repetition of vowel sounds in close proximity within a phrase or sentence.
• Consonance is the repetition of consonant sounds within a phrase or sentence.

• Consonance is a type of punctuation used to separate words in a sentence.
• Consonance refers to the absence of any repeated sounds in a phrase or sentence.

What is Internal Rhyme?

• A rhyme involving a word in the middle of a line and another at then end of the line or in the middle of the text.

• Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.

• Repetitive sounds produced by consonants within a sentence or phrase.

• Repetition in vowel sounds in words that don't end with the same consonant.

What is Aliteration?

• Alliteration is the repetition of the same sound at the end of words.
• Alliteration is the repetition of the same sound or letter at the beginning of closely connected words.
• Alliteration is a type of punctuation used in writing.
• Alliteration is a form of rhyme in poetry.

What is Enjambment?

• The continuation of a phrase or sentence from one line to another without end-stop.

• Repetitive sounds produced by consonants within a sentence or phrase.

• Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.

• A rhyme involving a word in the middle of a line and another at the end of the line or in the middle of the text.

What are End-stop lines?

• End-stop lines are lines of poetry that have a continuous flow without any breaks.
• End-stop lines are lines of poetry that have punctuation at the end of each line, creating a pause or stop for the reader.
• End-stop lines are lines of poetry that rhyme at the end of each line.
• End-stop lines are lines of poetry that have no punctuation at the end of each line.

What is Tension in literature?

• Tension in literature is the same as resolution in a plot
• Tension in literature refers to the physical force applied to a book
• Tension between the connection is the difference between the vehicle and tenor.

• Tension in literature is the absence of conflict in a story

What is Ground in literature?

• The vehicle/tenor connection is the aspect that unifies them.

• Roots of a story
• Ceiling in literature
• Foundation or basis of a story

What is Tenor?

• In the construction of a metaphor tenor is the concrete thing being described.

• Ground of the vehicle/tenor connection is the aspect that unifies them.

• Tension between the connection is the difference between the vehicle and tenor.

• The highest male voice type in opera or choir music.