Language Art Flashcards
Analogy?
Compares two things, usually for clarification
Fiction
Fake, Made up, not real
Narrator
The person who’s telling the story
Parody
A remake of a story, usually meant to be funny
Irony?
When one thing is said, but another thing is meant
Metaphore
A direct comparison between two things without using like or as
Simile
A comparison between two things using like or as
Idiom
A phrase that doesn’t mean what it literally says
Stanza?
A group of lines in a Poem
Internal Conflict
A conflict of a character between themselves and them. Usually a moral problem
External Conflict
A conflict between the main character and another character
Romance Languages
There are 44, but the five most common are Spanish, Portugues, French, Romainian, and Italian
What’s a Banshee
A female spirit who’s wailing warns of a death in a house. Irish Legend
Ogre
A man eating giant in folklore
Troll
An ugly creature described as either a giant or a dwarf. Folklore