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chapter 17 vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Consonant sounds | result from the touching and near touching of various parts of the mouth (lips, teeth, tongue, etc.) thus producing meaningful sounds obstructing the flow of vowel sounds |
| Stop | consonant sounds that in an initial position require a momentary stoppage of breath, and then a quick release, thus making a noticeable burst of air before moving to the following vowel |
| Continuant | consonants that may be sustained by a stream or flow of breath while the consonant position is being held unlike the stop sounds which require an instant release of breath |
| Semivowel | occupy a pronunciation area between vowels and consonants; either 1) begin in an initiating vowel position and then conclude in a terminating position or 2) begin, with breath added and end in the same vowel position |
| Alliteration | the repetition of identical consonant sounds in close proximity |
| Assonance | the repetition of identical vowel sounds in different words in close proximity |
| Rhyme | the varying speed, intensity, elevation, pitch, loudness and expressiveness of speech |
| Exact | the placement of rhyming words in which both the vowel and concluding consonant sounds if any are identical |
| Internal | the occurrence of rhyming words within a single line of verse |
| Cliché | an overly used and particularly easy rhyme |
| Onomatopoeia | a blending of consonant and vowel sounds designed to imitate or suggest the activity being described |
| Euphony | word groups containing consonant and vowels together that encourage speakers to utter an easy and pleasant flow of spoken sound |
| Cacophony | words combining sharp and heavy accents |
| Heavy stress | a rhyme ending with a strong stress |
| Light stress | less emphasized syllables |
| Accent | the heavy stresses or accents in lines of poetry |
| Beat | a heavy stress or accent in a line of poetry |
| Feet | consists of the measured combination of heavy and light stresses |
| Scansion | the act of determining the prevailing rhythm and poetic characteristics of a poem |
| Accented syllable | a syllable receiving a major or heavy stress or accent |
| Unaccented syllable | a syllable receiving a light stress |
| Meter | the number of feet within a line of traditional verse |
| Pentameter | a line of five metrical feet |
| Tetrameter | a line of four metrical feet |
| Trimeter | a line of three metrical feet |
| Dimeter | a poetic line of two metrical feet |
| Monometer | a line of one metrical foot |
| Iamb | a two syllable foot consisting of a light stress followed by a heavy stress |
| Trochee | a two syllable foot consisting of a heavy stress followed by a light stress |
| Spondee | a two syllable foot consisting of successive equally heavy accents |
| Pyrrhic | a substitute metrical foot consisting of two unaccented syllables |
| Dactyl | a three syllable foot consisting of a heavy stress followed by two lights |
| Anapest | a three syllable foot consisting of two light stresses climaxed by a heavy stress |
| Imperfect foot | a metrical foot consisting of a single syllable either heavily or lightly stressed |
| Sprung rhythm | a poetic line in which the accents are “sprung” forth by the close juxtaposition of one syllable stressed words often characterized by both rhyme and alliteration |
| Caesura | the pause or juncture separating words and phrases within lines of poetry |
| Rhyme schemes | a pattern of rhyme usually indicated in prosodic analysis by the assignment of a letter of the alphabet to each rhyming sound |
| Couplet | two lines that may be unified by rhyme or in biblical poetry by complementary ideas or expressions |
| Quatrains | a group of four lines united by rhyme |
| Stanza | a group of poetic lines corresponding to paragraphs in prose |
| Ballad measure | a pattern of iambic tetrameter alternating with iambic trimeter and rhyming x-a-x-a |
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Julia.baskin