Extensive or recreational reading & figures of speech Flashcards
– READING NOVELS, COMICS, STORIES, BOOKS,
MAGAZINES AND EVEN ARTICLES.
EXTENSIVE (RECREATIONAL READING)
– OCCURS WHEN OUR MAIN OBJECTIVE FOR PERUSING A MATERIAL
IS TO LEARN FROM IT AND UNDERSTAND IT. (NARRATIVE, POETRY, CAUSE AND EFFECT,
EXPLANATION AND ETC.)
INTENSIVE READING
– A LITERARY DEVICE THAT IS USED TO EXPRESS OR EXPLAIN
SOMETHING IN A MORE ARTISTIC WAY/CREATIVE WAY.
FIGURES OF SPEECH
– THE ART OR PRACTICE OF USING CONVENTIONAL OR TRADTIONAL
OBJECTS AND SIGNS AS A METHOD OF REVEALING OR SUGGESTING IDEAS, TRUTHS AND
MORE
SYMBOLISM
– COMPARISON OF TWO THINGS THAT USES THE WORDS “LIKE” OR “AS”
(INDIRECT COMPARISON)
simile
– ALSO A COMPARISON OF TWO THINGS BUT THIS DOESN’T USE THE WORDS
“LIKE” OR “AS” (DIRECT COMPARISON)
METAPHOR
– THE INPUT OR ATTRIBUTION OF HUMAN CHARACTERISTICS TO
SOMETHING NON LIVING OR NON HUMAN
PERSONIFICATION
– EXAGGERATION OF STATEMENTS
HYPERBOLE
– A WORD IMITATES OR RESEMBLES THE SOUND IT REPRESENTS
ONOMATOPOEIA
– VOWEL SOUNDS
ASSONANCE
– REPETITION OF INITIAL CONSONANT SOUNDS IN NEARBY WORDS
ALLITERATION
– CONSONANT SOUNDS
CONSONANCE
– A TYPE OF FIGURE SPEECH WHERE TWO WORDS, SPECIFICALLY ANTONYMS ARE
PUT TOGETHER IN THE SAME PHRASE
IRONY
– A TYPE OF FIGURE SPEECH WHERE TWO WORDS, SPECIFICALLY ANTONYMS ARE
PUT TOGETHER IN THE SAME PHRASE
IRONY
– AN INDIRECT OR A MILD WORD OR EXPRESSION SUBSTITUTED FOR ONE
THAT IS CONSIDERED TO BE TOO HARSH OT BLUNT
EUPHEMISM
