English - Lesson 2: To See the World in a Grain of Sand Flashcards
It expresses similarity between two different things. The comparison makes use of the connectives like, as, than or verbs like resembles, looks, etc.
simile
It is an implied simile. It does not use connectives (as, like, than ) to make comparison.
metaphor
It is an expression in which an abstract idea, an animal, or a thing is made human by attributing qualities or traits of a person to it.
personification
It is an overstatement or an exaggeration of an idea to gain effect or emphasis. The opposite of this is understatement.
hyperbole
It is used when the name of a thing is substituted for that of another term associated with it.
metonymy
It is a form a form of metonymy which uses a part of a whole or vice versa to describe or refer more vividly to something.
synecdoche
It is a statement that seems to be contradictory but is actually true.
paradox
It is an expression used to mean the opposite.
irony
It is directly addressing an abstract thing or concept, or some dead or absent person as though it were present or alive.
apostrophe
It is a way of describing a present or current condition of a person, event, or place by alluding to or referring to a biblical, historical, literary, or mythical event, place, or character.
allusion
What are the common devices used by poets to enhance poems with sound?
alliteration and assonance
It is the effect created when the use of sounds contained in words work together to enhance the meaning; thereby, pleasant to the mind and to the ear.
euphony
It is the opposite, as the sound effects of the words are harsh and discordant, but nevertheless, contribute to the meaning of the line in poetry.
cacophony
It is used to create a pattern of similar consonant sounds that occur in successive words in a verse
alliteration
It refers to the repetition of a vowel sound in successive words.
assonance
He was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. He was the author of Auguries of Innocence
William Blake
It is a word used as an expression of an emotion or sentiment. It is usually placed at the beginning of a sentence and is made distinct by a comma (,) or an exclamation point (!).
interjection
It is used to create meaning, clarity, and emphasis in sentences.
punctuation
These are the common punctuations used in sentences such as the period (.), the question mark (?), and the exclamation point (!). These punctuations mark a full stop.
end marks
It is used to mark the end of a thought or an idea. When coordinating conjunctions are omitted in compound sentences, this is used to replace them.
semicolon (;)
It is used to introduce a list, but not when the list is preceded by an action or linking verb, to show salutation in a business letter, and to show time.
colon (:)
It is used to divide syllables in a word, to divide compound numbers, to put words together to form a compound modifier, and to separate a female’s maiden name with the married name
hyphen (-)
It is used show omission of a letter from a word for the purpose of shortening the word and show possession.
apostrophe (‘)
It is used to show number ranges
en-dash (–)
