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What is alliteration?
It is a stylistic device defined as a syntactic deviation (unexpected word order), and interruption within a sentence from one structure to another
A sentence that is deliberately left unfinished
The repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables
The naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it
What is anadiplosis?
Where future events in a story, or perhaps the outcome, are suggested by the author before they happen
A description which exaggerates
A direct relationship where one thing or idea substitutes for another
Repetition of a prominent and usually the last word in one phrase or clause at the beginning of the next
What is anaphora?
A contradiction in term
Repetition of a word or expression at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, sentences, or verses especially for rhetorical or poetic effect
Where a situation is created which cannot possibly exist, because different elements of it cancel each other out.
Where an abstract concept, such as a particular human behavior or a force of nature, is represented as a person.
What is cacophony?
Harshness in the sound of words or phrases
Non-rhyming poetry, usually written in iambic pentameter
Where characters speak to one another; may often be used to substitute for exposition
Where an author interrupts a story in order to explain something, usually to provide important background information
Repetition of a word or expression at the end of successive phrases, clauses, sentences, or verses especially for rhetorical or poetic effect is an example of
Epistrophe
Alliteration
Hyperbole
Adverbs
A transposition or inversion of idiomatic word order is known as (think the way Yoda talks)
Irony
Hyperbole
Hyperbaton
Repetition
Hyperbole can be defined as
Tongue twisters
Repetition of a word/phrase
Unexpected outcomes
Extravagant exaggeration
A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable can be defined as a
Metaphor
Oxymoron
Hyperbole
Hyperbaton
An oxymoron is
Repetition
A combination of contradictory or incongruous words
A harsh sound
A funny sentence
A figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by "like" or "as" is an example of a
Verb
Exaggeration
Metaphor
Simile
The repetition of a vowel sound within adjacent or closely connected words is known as
Sibilance
Consonance
Assonance
Imagery
Asyndeton is a literary technique where we see...
The addition or absence of a conjunction between parts of a sentence
The repetition of letter sounds that have a hushing or hissing quality
An oxymoron
The omission or absence of a conjunction between parts of a sentence
The poetic technique that can be defined as a stop or pause in a metrical line, often marked by punctuation or by a grammatical boundary, such as a phrase or clause is known as...
Enjambment
Caesura
Sonnet
Free verse
The repetition of a consonant sound anywhere within a sentence/clause/line is known as
Alliteration
Consonance
Hyperbaton
Anaphora
A poetic term for the continuation of a sentence or phrase from one line of poetry to the next is known as
Caesura
Enjambment
Alliteration
Epizeuxis
Writing that appeals to the five senses is known as
Sense writing
Imagery
Telepathy
Anadiplosis
The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something non-human, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form is known as
Rhyme
Zoomorphism
Personification
Caesura
Plosives are: (there's a hint in the name)
A consonant sound that is made by stopping air flowing out of the mouth, and then suddenly releasing it i.e. t, p, d, b, g sounds
Similar consonant sounds
Repetition of a word/clause at the end of a sentence
Repetition of a word/clause at the start of a sentence
Sibilance (the repetition of letter sounds that have a hushing or hissing quality) can be considered a __________ sound
Consonant
Cacophonous
Hyperbolic
Tautological
A stanza is
A sentence
A group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse.
A word
A line of poetry
A poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line is better known as a...
Soliloquy
Caesura
Sibilance
Sonnet
Sonnets typically explore the theme of...
Hate
Love
Loss
Humour
Poetry that is free from limitations of regular meter or rhythm, and does not rhyme with fixed forms is also known as
Boring poetry
Free verse poetry
A haiku
A found poem
A melancholy poem that laments its subject’s death but ends in consolation (comfort/relief) is also known as
A limerick
An ode
A metaphor
An elegy
Denotations are
The literal or primary meaning of a word
The critical layer of meaning of a word/clause
The inferential layer of meaning of a word/clause
Rhyming sentences
