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This term describes the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry, giving verse its musical quality.
- Rhyme
- Alliteration
- Meter
- Stanza
The rise and fall of pitch in speech, which can turn a statement into a question, is called this.
- Accent
- Intonation
- Articulation
- Enunciation
A single unit of pronunciation containing one vowel sound is known as this.
- Phoneme
- Morpheme
- Consonant
- Syllable
The musical quality created by alternating strong and weak elements in speech or poetry is called this.
- Rhythm
- Melody
- Harmony
- Tempo
This term refers to how long a vowel or syllable is held when spoken.
- Pitch
- Duration
- Frequency
- Amplitude
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of nearby words, as in "Peter Piper picked," is this device.
- Assonance
- Consonance
- Alliteration
- Onomatopoeia
A group of lines in a poem, similar to a paragraph in prose, is called this.
- Stanza
- Verse
- Canto
- Couplet
The speed at which someone speaks, whether fast or slow, is referred to as this.
- Pitch
- Volume
- Stress
- Tempo
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