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English Terms Flashcards

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Irony

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The expression of one’s meaning by using language that signifies the opposite

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Personification

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Making things that aren’t human have human emotions or senses

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Juxtaposition

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Two things being placed close together that are very different

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Synonym

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A word that means the same as another word

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Simile

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Comparison using like or as

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Sensory images

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Writing that engages more than one sense

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Imagery

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Visually descriptive or figurative language

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Antonym

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A word meaning the opposite to another

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Metaphor

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Comparing two terms that aren’t actually related. Eg. Her voice was music to my ears.

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Onomatopoeia

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A word that sounds like the sound which is it’s meaning

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Hyperbole

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An extreme over exaggeration

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Anecdote

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A short and interesting or amusing story

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Symbolism

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The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities

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Assonance

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The repetition of a sound or vowel. Eg, six silly sausages sizzled on a saucepan

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Euphemism

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A term referring to something that is impolite to say. Eg. Saying ‘downsizing’ instead of ‘firing’

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Concrete noun

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A physical thing. Eg. A desk

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Abstract noun

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A feeling or non physical thing. Eg. Love

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Collective noun

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A noun that groups other nouns together. Eg. A sparkle of unicorns

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Proper noun

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A person, place or organisation

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Composer

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A person who writes music

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Responder

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Someone who responds

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Tone

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The feeling or mood

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Perspective

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The way a particular person sees something.

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Context

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The circumstances that form a setting

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What is the active voice?

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Where the subject in a sentence carries out the action. Eg. Black threw the tennis ball

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What is the passive voice?

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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)

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What is a preposition?

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Words that connect nouns with other words, they usually precede the noun and together they form a prepositional phrase

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What are conjunctions?

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Words that join words, phrases, clauses and sentences.

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What are interjections?

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Informal words thrown into sentences, which are used to show emotion and sometimes sound like everyday speech, eg. Oops, yuck, ow, wow etc

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What are articles?

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Words that define nouns, the definite article is the, the indefinite articles are an and a

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