Language Flashcards
How do you use an apostrophe?
It either shows a) shows something is belonging to someone or b) it replaces a letter . This is called possession and omission.
What’s a homophone?
Words that sound the same but are spelt different and have different meanings.
What’s a flash fiction?
A very short story with few hundred words, and it can be cryptic (you have to work out what’s happened).
What’s a short story?
Tell a complete story with just a few thousand words, have limited characters, often leave questions unanswered and are mostly about conveying an atmosphere than a plot.
What’s a novella?
They’re mid-way length between short stories and full-length novels. They tell one plot-line and aren’t always in chapters.
What’s a novel?
Often have a number of different plot lines, several characters, usually divided into chapters and tie up all loose ends by the end of the book.
What’s a motif?
A repeated image or group or images in a text.
What does “infer” mean?
To read between lines to work out things which are not obvious or stated in the text.
What’s a metaphor?
A comparison made without using “as” or “like” e.g “drowning in debt”, you’re not really drowning.
What’s an omniscient narrator?
A narrator that can see everything.
What does denotations and connotations mean?
Denotations - a words dictionary meaning
Connotations - other words/ideas the word links to
E.g : A desk denotes a table but it has connotations of work and study.
What’s personification?
When you make an object or idea do something only a human can do , e.g the sun smiled and the trees waved.
What’s pathetic fallacy?
A type of personification, when an object or nature show human emotions or characteristics.
