Finals Packet Flashcards
Be able to understand simple, compound, and complex sentences.
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What is a “blank verse”?
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What is a “pun”?
A pun is
What is “dramatic irony”?
Dramatic irony is
What is a “metaphor”?
A metaphor is when something is being compared to something else without the use of the words “like” or “as”, ex: She was a bomb who was about to go off
What is a “simile”?
A simile is when you compare two things by using either “like” or “as”, ex: They were like two peas in a pod
What is “soliloquy”?
Soliloquy is
What is “verbal irony”?
Verbal irony is
What is an “alliteration”?
An alliteration is the use of multiple words that begin with the same letter, ex: The tall tower trembled through the testing
Be able to understand phrases/clauses.
A phrase is a group of words that has no subject and no verb, ex: opening the gate, or the man at the counter. A clause is a group of words containing both a subject and a verb, ex: dependent (can’t stand alone as a sentence)- although the man held his daughter, independent (can stand alone as a sentence)- Alfred did not want to marry her
