English Flashcards
What is a Simile?
A comparison using like or as
What is Personification?
Giving an object human qualities
What is an Alliteration?
Words that begin with the same sound repeated within close proximity
What is Sibilance?
Repetition of “s” sounds within close proximity
What is Consonance?
Repetition of consonant sounds within close proximity
What is Assonance?
Repetition of vowel sounds within close proximity
What is a Soliloquy?
When a character speaks to him/herself and the audience
What are Tragic Protagonists?
Protagonists in a tragedy
What is an Antagonist?
An enemy of adversary
What is an Extended Metaphor?
A metaphor containing greater detail
What is a monologue?
A monologue is a long speech which is spoken by one person
What is dramatic irony?
Something said by the character that the audience understands but the characters don’t
What is Unequited love?
When you love someone but they don’t love you back
What is hubris?
Arrogant pride
What is Impetuous
To act quickly or suddenly without thinking or being careful
What is Volatile?
A situation that is volatile is likely to change suddenly and unexpectedly
What is a semantic field?
A group of words.
Examples can be in football with ‘corner’,’ ‘freekick’ and ‘yellow card’.
Isolation
The process or fact of isolating or being isolated. (Being alone / apart
from others.
Loneliness
Sadness because one has no friends or company.
Racism
Racism is the belief that people of some races are inferior to others, and
the behaviour which is the result of this belief.
Segregation
The action or state of setting someone or something apart from others.
Nomadic
A person who moves from one place to another in order to find work or
better living conditions.
Cyclical
Occurring in cycles; recurrent.
Hierarchy
A system in which members of an organisation or society are ranked
according to relative status or authority.
Marginalisation
To marginalize a group of people means to make them feel isolated and
unimportant.
American Dream
The ideal by which equality of opportunity is available to any American,
allowing the highest aspirations and goals to be achieved.
The Great Depression
A long and severe recession in an economy or market.
The Dust Bowl
An area of land where vegetation has been lost and soil reduced to dust
and eroded, especially because of drought or unsuitable farming
practice.
Adjective
A word used to describe a noun
Adverb
A word used to describe a verb
Verb
A doing word
Noun
An object, place or person
Pronoun
Words used to replace nouns
Determiner
Words that come before a noun
