Glossary of Terms Flashcards
What is ambiguity?
Words or phrases that can be read or understood in more than one way.
What are conjunctions ?
A joining word like an, but or because.
What is dialect?
The way speech is used in different parts of the country.
What is direct speech?
A speaker’s words or thoughts placed between speech marks.
What is euphemism?
A word used instead of another word to avoid saying something unpleasant.
What does literal mean?
Words used to create a picture in their mind.
What is a narrative verse?
Poems which tell stories.
What is Narrative viewpoint 1?
First person narration.
When a character in the story gives an account from their point of view.
What is Narrative viewpoint 2?
Third person narration.
When the person telling the story isn’t a character in the story.
What is a oxymoron?
A figure of speech that uses 2 things that are opposite to each other.
What is a paradox?
A statement which contradicts itself.
What is the second person?
The use of the pronoun you.
What is sibilance?
When sounds that hiss are repeated.
S.
What is the third person?
Use of the pronouns he, she, it.
