English Flashcards
What is a Simile
Describing something using like or as
What is a Metaphor
a comparison which is not literally true
What is a Caesura
A pause between the middle of a line
What is a Enjambment
When a line is continued without being stoped
What is volta
The turn of thought or argument
What is a extended metaphor
a metaphor that goes over the course of multiple lines, paragraphs, or stanzas of poetry
What is a Personifiacation
When a human charectaristic is described as something non-human
What is alliteration
When one letter or sound is used twice in close proximaty
What is a rhyme scheme
When there is a rhyme that is repeated over many lines
What is Rhythm
Repeated pattern of sound or movement
What is repetition
When something is used repeatitivly
What is onomatopoeia
When a word is used to represent sounds
What is narrative voice
The perspective the story is told from
What is Propaganda
Information which is used to get a point across
What is jingoism
When you are very patriotic
What is futility
pointlessness or uselessness
What is terror
Extreme fear
What is a stanza
A different word for a paragraph in poetry
What is a verb
A word to describe an action
What is an Adjective
Describes a noun or pronoun
What is patroisim
Love for your country
What is conflict
An extended struggle
What is a hyperbole
Lots exaggerating used to emphasixe a point
What are the trenches
A long narrow ditch
Assonance
where the same or similar vowel sound is repeated
Pivot
Where there is a change
Irony
the use of words to convey a meaning that is opposite of what is actually said
Frictatives
Soft breathy sound: s,z,th,f
Plosives
Hard, explosive sound: p, t, k, b, g, d
Sibilance
Sounds with a hissing effect: s, sh
Superlative
Expressing the highest or a very high degree of quality
