FINAL Flashcards
Expressing feeling/mood
Tone
Compare 2 things not alike but have something in common (without like or as) ex) the class room was a zoo
Metaphor
Comparing using like or as
Simile
Over exaggeration
Hyperbole
Repeating words or phrases
Repetition
Mistaken belief; failure in reasoning that makes an argument invalid
Fallacy
Used to make an unpleasant truth seem less harsh
Ex) passed away instead of died
Euphemism
Add depth to writing; contains an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses
Complex sentence
Adding human characteristic to something that is nonhuman
Personification
Occurrence of same letter or sound at the begging of each word or closely connected words
Alliteration
Language used to convey something that is different from the actual definition
Ex) the sky misses the sun at night
Figurative to language
Comparison of 2 things to show their similarities
Ex) Some people are like bubbles; pretty on the outside, empty on the inside
Analogy
Presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is
Understatement
Statement that may seem odd but can be true
Ex) The second sentence is false. The first sentence is true
Paradox
Using elements in sentence that are grammatically similar
Ex) like father, like son
Easy come, easy go
Parallelism
