Literary Terms Flashcards

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Affricate

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A composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated as the same point, such as the sound written ch, as in chair.

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Alliteration

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The repetition of a sound at the beginning of adjacent words.

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Anaphora

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The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.

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Assonance

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The repetition of the same sound between syllables of nearby words, caused by the repetition of vowels.

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Caesura

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In poetry, a pause that is created by natural speech or punctuation rather than metre.

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Chorus

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In songs, a few lines that are repeated at the end of each stanza.

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Couplet

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In poetry, two verses that belong together and often rhyme.

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Dentals

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Sounds pronounced or articulated with the tip of the tongue touching the backs of the upper teeth, e.g. as for t in French tout.

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Effusion

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A word meaning a spontaneous expression.

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Euphemism

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A word or expression that is used to make an unpleasant or embarrassing idea or thing sound more agreeable or acceptable.