Practice Flashcards
Cinquian
5 line stanza
Stanza
Paragraph of a poem
Allusion
Allude/ hint at something someone somewhere
Hyperbole
Exaggeration
Imagery
Using descriptive language that uses the 5 senses
Oxymoron
Figure of speech that combines opposite terms
Jumbo shrimp!
Paradox
Something that seems absurd but has a possible truth
“All animals are equal but some are more equal than others”
Falling action
After climax leading to resolution
Onomonopia
Words that make a sound
BAM ZOINK
Haiku
5-7-5 syllables
Elegy
Poem that mourns the dead
Listless
Lacking energy
Scrutinize
Examine closely
Conceit
Using two different things and making them similar using a metaphor and simile
Sonnet
14 line poem
Satire
Literary work making fun of human stupidity in order to make a point
Lyric
Poem that expresses poets feelings about life
Ode
Lyric poem remembering event or person
Motif
Main theme throughout story: animals in animal farm
Idiom
Common expression of you would take literally would not make sense
Parrallism
Sentences near each other that are similar
She was cooking , cleaning, and swimming
Cliche
An overused expression
Allegory
In literary work when something in it represents something bigger
Animal farm>Russian revolution
Soliloquily
When someone onstage is talking to themselves
