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11th grade vocab.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Definition | a statement of the exact meaning of a word, especially in a dictionary. |
| Sound device | Sound devices are resources used by poets |
| Controlling image | a literary device employing repetition so as to stress the theme of a work or a particular symbol. |
| Alliteration | the commencement of two or more stressed syllables of a word group either with the same consonant sound or sound group |
| Assonance | resemblance of sounds. |
| Denotation | the literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests. |
| Tone | a musical or vocal sound with reference to its pitch, quality, and strength. |
| Extended metaphor | An extended metaphor, also known as a conceit or sustained metaphor, is when an author exploits a single metaphor or analogy at length through multiple linked vehicles, tenors, and grounds |
| End rhyme | End rhyme is the most common type of rhyme in English poetry. Compare beginning rhyme; internal rhyme. |
| Connotation | an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning. |
| Root word | A root, or root word, is a word that does not have a prefix (in front of the word) or a suffix (at the end of a word). |
| Understatement | the presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is. |
| Slant rhyme | slant rhyme. rhyme in which either the vowels or the consonants of stressed syllables are identical, as in eyes, light; years, yours. |
| Figurative | departing from a literal use of words; metaphorical. |
| Diction | the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing. |
| Paradox | a statement or proposition that, despite sound (or apparently sound) reasoning from acceptable premises, leads to a conclusion that seems senseless, logically unacceptable, or self-contradictory. |
| 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 next. |
| Idiomatic | using, containing, or denoting expressions that are natural to a native speaker. |
| Concrete | existing in a material or physical form; real or solid; not abstract. |
| Irony | the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect. |
| Consonance | agreement or compatibility between opinions or actions. |
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