English Flashcards

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what is a simile?

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this is were you compare two/ or more things using like or as. e.g. i am as cool as a cumber

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what is alliteration?

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it is a series of words that make the same sound or start with the same letter( but must be a composite letter. e.g. betty bought butter

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what is juxtaposition?

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its when you compare two/or more things/people that are opposites this can be with size, colour, or what they are wherein e.g. worm and a shark

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what is lexical chain?

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this is where you have a series of works that can relate to the same thing. e.g. SAD - flat, depressed, tears.

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what is enjambment?

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it is when the point / middle of the sentence stops then ends on the next line below. e.g. i need a
pencil

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what is rhyme?

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rhyme is where you have words that sound the same in a stanza or a sentence. e.g. bat, mat, sat

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what is repetition?

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this is where the same text is repeated again on other line in the poem and or in the same sentence. e.g. i need, i need, i need…

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what is onomatopoeia?

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these are words that express sounds. e.g. boom, bang

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what is a metaphor?

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this is where you are able to compare two things/people e.g. she is an angle

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What Is Anthropomorphism?

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this is like personification and this gives animals and or plants human qualities. e.g. the dog is so handsome.

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what is personification?

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its when you give objects human qualities.

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what is a stanza?

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this is a group of line/sentences in a poem. e.g.

”"”I’m telling the wrong lies,
they are not even useful.””””

”"”The right lies would at least
be keys, they would open the door….”””

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what is syntax?

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this is the arrangement of words/phrases that will create well formed sentences it will need a subject, verb and object. e.g. The boy kicked the ball

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what is Assonance

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this is like alliteration what using “aeiou” soo that means that it make the same sound and or starts with the same letter “a e i o u”

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what is Irony?

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this is where a situation there in a contrast between expectation and the reality. e.g. if it were a cold, rainy gray day, you might say, “What a beautiful day!

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what is rhythm?

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it is when the poem is capable of keeping a nice beat to it. e.g. going boom, chak, boom boom, chak

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what is oxymoron?

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this is a figure of speech that is capable of bring together contradictory/opposite works for its effect. e.g. original copy

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what is anaphora?

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this where the repetition of texts/phrases/words in a group of types of sentences, clauses, and or poetic lines. e.g. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times

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what is couplet?

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this is when two line rhyme and normal have the same type of mater/event. e.g. …see (new line) …tree

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what is Hyperbole ?

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this is a poem that will uses exaggeration in its text. e.g. I could eat a horse

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how ment types of imagery are then?

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5

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what are the 5 different types of imagery?

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visual, auditory, olfactory, tactile, and gustatory

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what is visual imagery?

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this is where the reader in creating an image in there head because of what the author wrote. e.g. Beside the shinering lake

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what is auditory imagery?

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this is where you get a sound from what the author had wrote. e.g. birdsong

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what is olfactory imagery?

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this is imagery that help you try smell what the author is writing. e.g. the smell of flowers

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what is tactile imagery?

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this is where the author is making you able to feel and touch what they are saying. e.g. velvet feels like hay

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what is sibilance?

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this alliteration but as ‘s’ intend of other letters

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what is gustatory imagery?

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this is where the author try’s to help you taste what they are saying. e.g. ice cream taste like water

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what does sibilance, assonance and alliteration do?

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it create a rthyme

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what is ellipses?

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this a … to create the reader want to read on.

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what is tone?

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reveals the author’s attitude about a subject or topic to their readerof matter

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what is mood?

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this is the authurs perspective

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what is atmosphere?

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the feeling a writer wants their readers to experience, like suspense or foreboding, longing or joy

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what are the features of a short story?

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setting, characters, plot, conflict, point of view, theme

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what is a protagonist?

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this is the main chartacter

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what is the antagonist?

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what is the character that is on the other side the protagonist