English Flashcards
1 unit test review
Simile
using “like” or “as”
example: her smile is as bright as the sun.
Metaphor
comparing to things without like or as.
“He is a lion.”
Alliteration
The same letter is repeating.
Example: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Hyperbole (E)
Exaggeration of something to make a point. and to add humor.
Example: “I am so hungry I could eat a horse”
Onomatopoeia
Is sounds.
Example: Boom or Buzz
Personification
When you give human traits to something.
The flowers danced in the gentle breeze.
Repetition
It is a repetition of a word or phrase repeated for emphasis or effect writing or speech.
Example: “let it snow, let it snow, let it snow”
“She was determined, determined to succeed”
oxymoron
is when you put two words together that aren’t supposed to be.
Example: “living dead.” “Sweet sorrow.”
Irony
it is when things happen differently that expected, like when someone says one thing but the opposite actually occurs.
pun
it is a joke that plays with words and sounds to make people laugh.
Euphemism
it is a nicer or more polite way of saying something that can be uncomfortable or harsh.
Allusion
It is a reference to something else. It is a hint or nod to another story or idea.
Idiom(c+d)
A phrase that doesn’t mean what it says literally such as its raining cats and dogs
