Prosody
Specialist vocabulary classified under Literature and rhetoric.
Areas within Prosody
Rhetoric
Persuasion, argument, style and audience.
100 wordsCreative writing
Narrative, voice, imagery and literary craft.
0 wordsLiterary criticism
Analysis and interpretation of literary works.
3 wordsArgumentation
Specialist vocabulary classified under Literature and rhetoric.
17 wordsClassical rhetoric
Specialist vocabulary classified under Literature and rhetoric.
3 wordsDrama
Specialist vocabulary classified under Literature and rhetoric.
19 wordsFiction
Specialist vocabulary classified under Literature and rhetoric.
17 wordsFigurative language
Specialist vocabulary classified under Literature and rhetoric.
9 wordsGenre
Specialist vocabulary classified under Literature and rhetoric.
83 wordsLiterary analysis
Specialist vocabulary classified under Literature and rhetoric.
403 wordsNarrative
Specialist vocabulary classified under Literature and rhetoric.
17 wordsPoetry
Specialist vocabulary classified under Literature and rhetoric.
46 wordsProsody
Specialist vocabulary classified under Literature and rhetoric.
35 wordsStylistics
Specialist vocabulary classified under Literature and rhetoric.
8 wordsTextual analysis
Specialist vocabulary classified under Literature and rhetoric.
21 words35 featured terms
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the continuation of a syntactic unit from one line of verse into the next line without a pause
Enjambmentnounthe continuation of a syntactic unit from one line of verse into the next line without a pause
Scansionnounanalysis of verse into metrical patterns
Beatnoun(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
Cadencenoun(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
Footnoun(prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm
Measurenoun(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
Meternoun(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
Metrenoun(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
Metrical footnoun(prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm
Metrical unitnoun(prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm
Inflectionnounthe patterns of stress and intonation in a language
Prosodynounthe patterns of stress and intonation in a language
Amphibrachnouna metrical unit with unstressed-stressed-unstressed syllables (e.g., ‘remember’)
Anapaestnouna metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables
Anapestnouna metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables
Dactylnouna metrical unit with stressed-unstressed-unstressed syllables
Iambnouna metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables
Iambusnouna metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables
Pyrrhicnouna metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed syllables
Spondeenouna metrical unit with stressed-stressed syllables
Trocheenouna metrical unit with stressed-unstressed syllables
Accentnounthe relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syllable"
Caesuranouna break or pause (usually for sense) in the middle of a verse line
Emphasisnounthe relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syllable"
Intonationnounrise and fall of the voice pitch
Modulationnounrise and fall of the voice pitch
Rhythmnounthe arrangement of spoken words alternating stressed and unstressed elements; "the rhythm of Frost's poetry"
Speech rhythmnounthe arrangement of spoken words alternating stressed and unstressed elements; "the rhythm of Frost's poetry"
Stressnounthe relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syllable"
Accentuationnounthe use or application of an accent; the relative prominence of syllables in a phrase or utterance
Dronenounan unchanging intonation
Droningnounan unchanging intonation
Monotonenounan unchanging intonation
Singsongnouna regular and monotonous rising and falling intonation
