English Terms Flashcards
Irony
The expression of one’s meaning by using language that signifies the opposite
Personification
Making things that aren’t human have human emotions or senses
Juxtaposition
Two things being placed close together that are very different
Synonym
A word that means the same as another word
Simile
Comparison using like or as
Sensory images
Writing that engages more than one sense
Imagery
Visually descriptive or figurative language
Antonym
A word meaning the opposite to another
Metaphor
Comparing two terms that aren’t actually related. Eg. Her voice was music to my ears.
Onomatopoeia
A word that sounds like the sound which is it’s meaning
Hyperbole
An extreme over exaggeration
Anecdote
A short and interesting or amusing story
Symbolism
The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities
Assonance
The repetition of a sound or vowel. Eg, six silly sausages sizzled on a saucepan
Euphemism
A term referring to something that is impolite to say. Eg. Saying ‘downsizing’ instead of ‘firing’
Concrete noun
A physical thing. Eg. A desk
Abstract noun
A feeling or non physical thing. Eg. Love
Collective noun
A noun that groups other nouns together. Eg. A sparkle of unicorns
Proper noun
A person, place or organisation
Composer
A person who writes music
Responder
Someone who responds
Tone
The feeling or mood
Perspective
The way a particular person sees something.
Context
The circumstances that form a setting
What is the active voice?
Where the subject in a sentence carries out the action. Eg. Black threw the tennis ball
What is the passive voice?
Where the subject receives the actions, and has the word by(or the word by is implied). Eg. The tennis ball was thrown by Jack or the tennis ball was thrown(where by Jack is implied)
What is a preposition?
Words that connect nouns with other words, they usually precede the noun and together they form a prepositional phrase
What are conjunctions?
Words that join words, phrases, clauses and sentences.
What are interjections?
Informal words thrown into sentences, which are used to show emotion and sometimes sound like everyday speech, eg. Oops, yuck, ow, wow etc
What are articles?
Words that define nouns, the definite article is the, the indefinite articles are an and a
