Glossary Flashcards
Alliteration
A repetition of initial consonants in close proximity
Analogy
A comparison of any two things based upon similar categories
Antonym
A word that means the opposite of another word
Assonance
A repetition of vowel sounds or patterns of vowel sounds, including initial vowel sounds, followed by different consonant sounds. Assonance is not a true rhyme because the associated consonants differ
Clause
A group of words that contains both a subject and a verb.
Fable
A brief story featuring characters whose decisions and actions teach the reader a moral lesson. ( the characters are animals)
Figurative meaning
The meaning of a word or phrase understood metaphorically, imaginatively, rather than literally, physically
Genus
A category of objects that is divided into subcategories
Idiom
Cultural meaning
Literal meaning
The meaning of a word as known through the common, accepted understanding of the words in reality
Litotes
A figure of speech that uses a negated antonym to create an understatement
Parable
A brief story that teaches us a moral lesson through a comparison of the characters decisions and actions
Parallelism
When two or more words repeat the same parts of peach pattern in a similar order
Phrase
A group of words that does not contain Botha subject and a verb
Pleonasm
A figure of speech that uses intentional redundancy to emphasize a point or create a humorous effect
