Anglais Flashcards
What does PIE stand for?
P= Persuade
I= Inform
E= Entertain
FIgurative language
What is Personnification?
It is when you give an object a human characteristic trait. 🕺🌹(Ex: The flower danced).
Figurative language
What is an Onomatopeia?
It is a word that ressembles the noise of the word it describes.
Figurative language
What is an Oxymoron?
It is a combination of two opposing words. (Ex: Cruel Kindness) 😈😄
Figurative Language
What is an Idiom?
It is a group of words that has a meaning that doesn’t represent the words in the phrase. (Ex: It’s raining cats and dogs. 🐈🐕)
Figurative Language
What is a Homophone?
It’s words that sound the same but mean different things! Ex: Too, to, two!
Figurative Language
What is a Homonym?
It’s words that have the same spelling but means different things! Ex: Quail (the bird 🐦) and Quail (to cringe 🥴)!
Figurative Language
What is a Simile?
It is a group of words that compares things using the words like or as. Ex: She was as fast as the rocketship! 🚀
Figurative Language
What is a Metaphor?
It is a group of words that compare things without using like or as and it usually uses the word is! Ex: My nephew is a cuddly baby bear! 👶🐻
Figurative Language
What is a Hyperbole?
It is a group of words that is an exageration! Ex: I’m so hungry, I could eat a horse! 🍽🐎
Parts of a story
What are the parts of a story?
1- Exposition
2- Rising action
3- Climax
4- Falling action
5- Resolution
Narrators
What are all the types of narrators? (Just name them, no definition)
1- Third person limited
2- Thirdt person omniscent
3- Third person objectif
4- First person
5- Second person
Narrators
What is the third person limited narrator?
Perspective of protagonist (main character). It uses the words he and she.
What is the third person omniscent narrator?
The narrator is NOT in the story and knows everything. Uses the words he, she, they, and them.
What is the third person objectif narrator?
the narrator simply describes what is happening to the characters in the story and does not show us anyone’s thoughts or feelings and uses the words he and she.
What is the first person narrator?
Is part of the story (could be minor or major charater, depends) . Uses words I, we, us.
What is the second person narrator?
the reader is part of the story. The narrator describes the reader’s actions, thoughts, and background. It uses the words you, your and yours.
What is an interjection?
A word that exclaims something that you put infront of a sentence.
Ex: Ouch! Well, that hurt . . . 🤕😡
What is a prefix?
an element placed at the beginning of a word to adjust or qualify its meaning
Ex: Rebuild
What is a suffix?
a word added at the end of a word to form a derivative,
Ex: Fearless
What is an abstract noun?
A noun that we can’t see, pick up, can’t feel.
Ex: Hope
What is a collective noun?
Groups of people.
Ex: Class, school, etc. . .
