5954049417 | alliteration | repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words placed near each other, usually on the same or adjacent lines// the use of the same consonant in any pair of adjacent words | 0 | |
5954061149 | assonance | repeated vowel sounds in words placed near each other, usually on the same or adjacent lines (sounds that are accented or stressed) | 1 | |
5954069578 | consonance | repeated consonant sounds at the ending of words placed near each other, usually on the same or adjacent lines (sounds that are accented or stressed) | 2 | |
5954083705 | cacophony | a discordant series of harsh, unpleasing sounds helps to convey disorder// often furthered by combined effect of the meaning and the difficulty of pronunciation | 3 | |
5954093492 | euphony | a series of musically pleasant sounds, conveying a sense of harmony and beauty to the language | 4 | |
5954098560 | onomatopoeia | words that sound like their meanings (boom, crackle, hiss) | 5 | |
5954103415 | repetition | the purposeful reuse of words and phrases for an effect// used in psalms | 6 | |
5954108877 | rhyme | words that have different beginning sounds but whose endings sound alike, including the final vowel sound and everything following it | 7 | |
5954115252 | rhythm | level of organization of speech rhythms into a regular pattern of accented syllables separated by unaccented syllables | 8 |
AP English Literature: "Sounds" Flashcards
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