English- unfamiliar Flashcards
What is a metaphor
A direct comparison using like it as
What is a simile ?
A comparison using like or as
What is personification?
Giving inanimate objects human characteristics/qualities
What is hyperbole?
Exaggeration
What is onomatopoeia
Sounds of a word e.g. Bang
Oxymoron
Combination of opposite e.g. Firey ice
Alliteration
Repeated constant sounds at the beginning of consecutive words
Rhyming
Words sounding the same
Stanza
Length of lyric, paragraph or poem structure
Repitition
Using the same words or phrase normally important ideas
Jargon
Technical terms
Anecdote
Personal story
Listing
Things in a row with commas normally, mostly key ideas
Rhetorical question
A question not wanting a answer
Short sentence
Normally 1-3 words for impact.
Incomplete sentence
Something that does not finish. For impact
Semantic fields
Mood changer
Emotive language
Personal point or feelings
Present tense
There and now what’s going on
Tense
The way the text is written whether from past, present or future
Extended Metaphor
A metaphor that goes on for a while
Pun
Phrase , catchy saying
Personal pronouns
Mentioning ‘I’ personal
Long sentences
A sentence with a big length
Statistics
Information- data from research backing up point of view
Impeative
A command prompting an action
Allusion
Reference to well known story, person , or event
Colloquial language
Informal language gives sense of familiarity or informality
Adjective
Describing word
Cliche
A phrase that has been over used lost original meaning
Verb
Action or doing word
Adverb
Describes a verb
Noun
Naming word
Formal language
Formal words to help create formal tone
