Defenitions Of Wordss Flashcards
What is a simile
A phrase that uses the words of like and as e.g leroy was as fast as a cheater
What is a metaphor
a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
What is a caesura
Is when you pause in a i sentence or when you make a sudden pause in a play
What is enjambment
enjambment is when a scentence has no pause in a pharagraph or stanza
What is a volta
volta- is when you make a turn e.g when you volta towards an audience in a play
What is a extended metaphor
extended metaphor- is a different verson of a metaphor that goes beyond pharagraphs and many lines
What is personificartion
personification- is where humans ,objects ,animals and plants have different qualities
What is alliteration
alliteration- is when two words sound the same but different letters in it.
rhyme scheme
rhyme scheme - is when a poem has a structured rhymes in order
What is rhythm
rhythm-is when the exact same music sound and pattern is played constantly
What is repetition
repetition- is when a specific action has been played again and again constantly
What is onomatopoeia
onomatopoeia- is when a sound is associated a word e.g BANG BOOM SHAZAM
What is a narrative voice
narrative voice- is when theres a voice explaining whats happening in aplay or story
What is Propaganda
Propaganda- is when a person or nature or matured nature is used to promote a cause or point
What is jingoism
Jingoism- is judgine someones country as superior to others
What is futility
futility-is a famouse poem written by wilfered owen during WW1
What is terror
terror-its the distinction between horror and feat its related to gothic stories
What is stanza
stanza is a group of lines. Whithin a poem usually set off from a blank line or indentation
What is a verb
A verb is a action of moving running or walking
What is adjective
adjective are used in poems to have different effects either a reflective state
What is patriotism
patriotism is often talks about self sacrafice for your country.
What is conflict
conflict is a device charactrized by a struggle between two forces e.g good vs evil
What is hyperbole
hyperbole is a over exaguration
What is trenches
trenches are the front lines also termed in “ trench poetry “ it was insparated by solider sday to day life
What is Assonnance
Assonance - when a writer repeats vowel sounds
What is Pivot
Pivot- is when two poems where the first couplet states second flips it
