Flash Cards

Question 1

Simile

Answer 1

A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (e.g. as brave as a lion ).

Question 2

Hyperbole

Answer 2

Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

Question 3

Alliteration

Answer 3

The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

Question 4

Adjectives

Answer 4

Words that describe or modify other words. They can identify or quantify another person or thing in the sentence. Adjectives are usually positioned before the noun or the pronoun that they modify.

Question 5

Repetition

Answer 5

Simple repeating of a word, within a sentence or a poetical line, with no particular placement of the words, in order to secure emphasis. This is such a common literary device that it is almost never even noted as a figure of speech.

Question 6

Allegory

Answer 6

Writers or speakers typically use allegories as literary devices or as rhetorical devices that convey hidden meanings through symbolic figures, actions, imagery, and/or events, which together create the moral, spiritual, or political meaning the author wishes to convey.

Question 7

Metaphor

Answer 7

A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable

Question 8

Themes

Answer 8

plural noun: themes
1.the subject of a talk, piece of writing, exhibition, etc.; a topic.
“the theme of the sermon was reverence”
synonyms: subject, topic, subject matter; More
2.an idea that recurs in or pervades a work of art or literature.
“love and honour are the pivotal themes of the Hornblower books”
verb

3rd person present: themes
1.give a particular theme or setting to (a leisure venue, event, etc.).
“the amusement park will be themed as a Caribbean pirate stronghold”

Question 9

Motifs

Answer 9

plural noun: motifs

1.a decorative image or design, especially a repeated one forming a pattern.
“the colourful hand-painted motifs which adorn narrowboats”
synonyms: design, pattern, decoration, figure, shape, logo, monogram, device, emblem, ornament
“a black chenille sweater with a colourful tulip motif”

2.a dominant or recurring idea in an artistic work.
“superstition is a recurring motif in the book”
synonyms: theme, idea, concept, subject, topic, leitmotif, element, motive, trope
“the room is one of the recurring motifs in Pinter’s work”

Question 10

Symbols

Answer 10

plural noun: symbols

1.a mark or character used as a conventional representation of an object, function, or process, e.g. the letter or letters standing for a chemical element or a character in musical notation.
“the symbol r in Figure 5 represents a gene which is ineffective”
synonyms: sign, character, mark, letter, hieroglyph, ideogram
“the chemical symbol for helium is He”
2.a thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract.
“the limousine was another symbol of his wealth and authority”
synonyms: emblem, token, sign, representation, figure, image, type; More
verbarchaic

3rd person present: symbols

1.symbolize.