Definitions Flashcards
Liberate
To set someone or something free
Ethnicity
The belonging to a social group that has a common cultural tradition
Mass media
The media
Perspective
A particular attitude or way of regarding something
Philosopher
A person who took philosophy as an academic discipline
Inference
A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning
Tone
The general character or attitude of a piece of writing, situation or place
Bias
Prejudice in favour of or against something, in an unfair way
Simile
A figure of speech that compares one thing with another thing
Metaphor
Figure of speech that identifies something as being the same as some unrelated thing for rhetorical effect, thus highlighting the similarities
Personification
A figure of speech where human qualities are given to non-humans
Imagery
Visually descriptive or figurative language
Alliteration
A stylistic literary device repeating or stressing letters or syllables in a word or phrase
Virtue
The quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong
Onomatopoeia
Formation of a word by imitation of a sound made by it
