Literacy dev Flashcards
What is onomatopoeia?
Imitates sounds with words (BOOM! BOW CLANK)
What is alliteration?
Repetition of words starting with the same letter in a row. ( she sells sea shells by the sea shore. Slithery snake)
What is allusion?
Reference to a well known person, place, or piece of literature. I’m Bruno mars when I pick up the mic
What is an Analogy?
Helps the reader understand something by comparing it to something well known. (She’s as blind as a bat)
What is connotation and denotation?
Connotation: emotion or feeling a word evokes (what society uses)
Denotation: the literal meaning of the word
(That’s cap, it’s an actual cap in the dictionary)
Hyperbole?
Over exaggeration used for effect. Eg im starving to death
Flashback?
Device that shifts and narrative from the present to the past, usually to reveal a change in character or illustrate an important point
Foreshadowing
Clues that should suggest events that have yet to occur, predicting future events with context clues
Imagery
Uses one or more sense to create vivid Impression using details adjectives and figures of speech. Detailed description
Name the 3 types of irony and describe them
Verbal: sarcasm
Situational: opposite of what u expect happends
Dramatic: audience knows something characters don’t
Juxtaposition
Two or more ideas, characters, actions placed side-by-side, to make comparisons of their actions
Metaphor
Compares two things without using like or as
Oxymoron
Placing two opposite terms, side-by-side for effect
Parallelism
Similarity of structure in a pair or series of related items
Personification
Gives human traits to an inanimate object or animal
