English Flashcards
Allegory
Hidden meaning of something
Alliteration
the commencement of two or more stressed syllables of a word group either with the same consonant sound or sound group (consonantal alliteration), as in from stem to stern, or with a vowel sound that may differ from syllable to syllable (vocalic alliteration), as in each to all.
Allusion
A passing or casual or indirect reference
Analogy
Similarity between two things like features
Concrete
Exist or real use senses
Connotation
Implied by literal meaning
Denotation
the explicit or direct meaning or set of meanings of a word or expression, as distinguished from the ideas or meanings associated with it or suggested by it; the association or set of associations that a word usually elicits for most speakers of a language, as distinguished from those elicited for any individual speaker because of personal experience.
Diction
Use of fancy words
Figure of speech
Use an example of it as a figure
Hyperbole
Extravagant statement to a figure of speech
Imagery
Images or disc river by words
Irony
Use of words to convey the opposite meaning
Metaphor
Something that is used or regard being used to represent something else
Mood
Distinct emotional quality
Onomatopoeia
Formation of a word moo meow sounds like it is