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Unit 2 test review
Bob Jones Elements of Literature unit 2 test review
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| lines or parts of lines showing a similarity of sound from the vowel of the last accented syllable onward | rhyme |
| repetition of initial (beginning) consonant sounds | alliteration |
| the repetition of terminal (ending) consonant sounds | consonance |
| the use of words that sound like what they mean | onomatopoeia |
| Giving inhuman objects human qualities or characteristics | personification |
| man vs. man; man vs. nature; man vs. God man vs. himself | conflict |
| the arrangement of accented syllables that occur at fairly equal intervals | meter |
| units of meter are called | poetic feet |
| poetry that uses neither meter nor rhyme | free verse |
| when words have similar internal vowel sounds, such as scud, thump, and run | assonance |
| comparison of two unlike things | metaphor |
| the use of highly descriptive words and imaginative comparisons in lines and stanzas | poetry |
| writing that is in sentences and paragraphs | prose |
| synecdoche | part of a thing that stands for a whole |
| metonymy | a related thing stands for the thing itself |
| simile | using like or as to compare two similar things |