English Flashcards
simile
a comparison of two things using the words like or as
metaphor
a comparison without using like or as
hyperbole
an exaggeration for effect
personification
object or animal is given feelings or thoughts
onomatopoeia
a word that imitates the sound it represents
symbol
something that stands for something else
theme
the message of the story
alliteration
repetition of initial consonant sounds
repetion
repeated use of words
rythm
the beat a poem makes by the words
connotation
an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addititon to its literal meaning
stanza
a group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse
tone
attitude a writter takes tworad the audience
mood
feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates
verbal irony
the expresion of ones meaning by using langauge that normally means the oppisite
pov
the perspective in which the story is told
assonance
repition of vowel sounds
free verse
no ryhme sceme
sonnet
a poem of 14 lines using any number of formal rhyme schemes in english having 10 syllables per line
ballad
a narritive poem writtin in 4 line stanzas charecterized by swift action and narrarated in a direct style
