Mid Years Vocab

Question 1

What is an onomatopoeia? Give an example aswell

Answer 1

Definition: Words that sound like what they represent.
Example: “Buzz,” “Boom,” “Hiss.”

Question 2

What is alliteration? Give example

Answer 2

Definition: The use of the same letter at the beginning of words that are close.
Example: “Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.”

Question 3

What is personification? Give example

Answer 3

Definition: To give an inanimate object human characteristics.
Example: “The wind whispered through the trees.”

Question 4

What is a similie? Give example

Answer 4

Definition: To describe something ‘as’ or ‘like’ something else.
Example: “As brave as a lion.”

Question 5

What is repetition? Give example

Answer 5

Definition: To use the same word/phrase more than once.
Example: the famous “I have a dream.” Speech

Question 6

What is a metaphore? Give example

Answer 6

Definition: Comparing two things by saying they are each other.
Example: “Time is a thief.”

Question 7

What is enjambment?

Answer 7

Definition: The continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line.

Question 8

What is rhythm? Give example

Answer 8

Definition: This describes the beat of a poem.
Example: The rhythmic pattern in a nursery rhyme.

Question 9

What is a stanza? Give example

Answer 9

Definition: Groups of lines in a poem (a verse).
Example: A four-line stanza is called a quatrain.

Question 10

What is assonance? Give example

Answer 10

Definition: When vowel sounds within words are the same or very similar.
Example: “The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain.”

Question 11

What is a pivot? Give example

Answer 11

Definition: Point at which the poem changes mood, time, etc.
Example: Transition from describing nature to personal reflection in a poem.

Question 12

What is Caesura? Give example

Answer 12

Definition: A pause within a line of poetry to give emphasis.
Example: “To be or not to be, that is the question.”

Question 13

What is irony? Give example

Answer 13

Definition: Use of words or phrases that are often sarcastic and/or humorous.
Example: “The fire station burned down.”

Question 14

What are fricatives? Give an example

Answer 14

Definition: Soft, breathy sounds: s, z, th, f.
Example: “Softly, sweetly, serenely.”

Question 15

What are plosives? Give example

Answer 15

Definition: Hard, explosive sounds: p, t, k, b, g, d.
Example: “Peter patted the puppy.”

Question 16

What is sibilance? Give example

Answer 16

Definition: Sounded with a hissing effect, for example, s, sh.
Example: “She sells seashells by the seashore.”

Question 17

What is a superlative? Give example

Answer 17

Definition: Expressing the highest or a very high degree of a quality.
Example: “The tallest tree in the forest.”

Question 18

What is juxtaposition? Give example

Answer 18

Definition: Two things being seen or placed close together with a contrasting effect.
Example: Contrasting images of wealth and poverty in a poem.

Question 19

What does it mean to be ‘jingoistic’?

Answer 19

Have lots of patriotism for your country

Question 20

What is foreshadowing? Give example

Answer 20

Definition: Be a warning or indication of a future event.
Example: “The dark clouds foreshadowed the coming storm.”

Question 21

What is a lexical set?

Answer 21

Definition: A group of words with the same topic, function, or form

Question 22

What are archaisms? Give example

Answer 22

Definition: Words that are very old or old-fashioned.
Example: “Thou” and “thee” are archaic pronouns.

Question 23

What is an end focus? Give example

Answer 23

Definition: The most important information in a clause or sentence is placed at the end.
Example: “She loved the mountains more than anything.”

Question 24

What is a preposition?

Answer 24

a word or group of words used before a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase. Example “in,” “at,” “on,” “of,” and “to.”

Question 25

What is a modal verb? Give example

Answer 25

Defenition: A modal verb is a verb that implies likelihood
Example: he SHOULDNT be allowed to get away with that

Question 26

What is a Dynamic verb? Give example

Answer 26

Defenition: a verb that describes an action
Example: i DROVE to London last night