Final Exam Flashcards
Denotation
literal meaning of a word
Hyperbole
a type of figurative speech that uses verbal exaggeration to make a point
Simile
a direct comparison of two dissimilar things using the words like or as
Alliteration
the repetition of initial consonant sounds of a sequence of words
Symbol
an object, image, character, or action that suggests meaning beyond the everyday literal level
Oxymoron
a version of paradox that combines contradictory words into a compact, often two-word term
Metaphor
a close comparison of two dissimilar things that creates a fusion of identity between the things that are compared
Dramatic monologue
a poem in which a character addresses another character or the reader
the associations a word carries beyond its literal meaning.
the associations a word carries beyond its literal meaning.
Colloquial language
familiar and conversational speech
Stanza
a division or unit of a poem that is repeated in the same form—either with similar or identical patterns or rhyme and meter, or with variations from one stanza to another.
Syntax
the grammatical order of words in a sentence or line of verse or dialogue.
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy evening wrote by
Robert frost
We Wear the Mask was wrote by ?
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Do not go gentle into that good night was write by ?
Dylan Thomas
