English Flashcards
1
Q
Hyperbole
A
exaggerating
2
Q
simile
A
Comparing two things using ‘as’ or ‘like’
3
Q
metaphor
A
Comparing two things by saying something IS something else
4
Q
personification
A
Giving something inanimate (not alive) human qualities
5
Q
onomatopoeia
A
When a word sounds like the noise it makes.
6
Q
repetition
A
When a word or phrase is repeated.
7
Q
alliteration
A
When consecutive words start with the same sound or letter.
8
Q
tricolon
A
Three adjectives or phrases used in a row.
9
Q
Rhetorical question
A
A question that does not need an answer.
10
Q
emotive language
A
Words that make the reader feel an emotion.
11
Q
Rhyming couplets
A
In poetry. Where two lines of the same length rhyme and complete a thought.
