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week 9
week 9 English vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Rhyme | Occurrence of similar or identical sounds at the end of two or more words |
| Rhyme Scheme | Pattern of end rhymes in a poem. Noted by assigning a letter of the alphabet, beginning with a, to each line. Lines that rhyme are given the same letter. |
| Rhythm | Pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry. |
| Satire | A literary technique in which ideas, customs, behaviors, or institutions are ridiculed for the purpose of improving society. It may be gently witty, mildly abrasive, or bitterly critical |
| Science Fiction | Fiction in which a writer explores unexpected possibilities of the past or the future, using known scientific data and theories as well as his or her creative imagination. |
| Sensory Details | Words and phrases that appeal to the reader’s sense of sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste. |
| Sonnet | A lyric poem of 14 lines, commonly written in iambic pentameter. |
| Stereotype | A simplified or stock character who conforms to a fixed pattern or is defined by a single trait. |
| Stream of Consciousness | Literary technique developed by modern writers, in which thoughts, feelings, moods, perceptions, and memories are presented as they randomly flow through a character’s mind. |
| Symbol | A person, place, an object, or an activity that stands for something beyond itself. |
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