Final 2 Flashcards
Inanimate
Adj
Not alive, showing no sign of life
Infuse
Fill/soak
Anachronism
Old fashioned
Repercussion
An unwelcome unintended consequence of an event or action
Personal narrative
A type of writing, in which an author tells a true story from their own life
Focuses on just a few events
Metaphors and similes
Are tools, the writer uses to compare
Simile uses the words like or as
Metaphor is not
Summary of a text
- Start with the title of the text in the authors name
- Use the present tense
-Keep it short
-Do not inject your own opinions, ideas or interpretations
-If you must include some of the original text to use, quotation marks
Denotation
Is the literal meaning of the word
Connotation
Refers to the feelings associated with the word
Nuance
Apastrophe
Is a direct address to an inanimate thing or an absent person in capable of responding
Ex. Oh mighty sea spare us your lessons today!
Impalpable
Unable to be felt by touch
Innocuous
Not harmful or offensive
Illusory
Based on allusion; not real
Rhetorical device
Is a language that aims to produce a strong effect on readers or an audience
Migrate
Move from one region or habitat to a another