S1 Flashcards

1
Q

Figure of speech

A

A word or phrase that is non-literal. Used for rhetorical effect.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Simile

A

A figure of speech involving a comparison between unlike things

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Metaphor

A

A comparison between essentially unlike things without an explicitly comparative word such as like or as.
EX. “My love is a red,red rose”

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Personification

A

The endowment of inanimate objects or abstract concepts with animate or living qualities
EX. “The yellow leaves flaunted their color gaily in the breeze”

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

Apostrophe

A

Used to address someone who is absent or already dead.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Imagery

A

The pattern of related comparative aspects of language, particularly of images, in a literary work.

Ex. Light vs dark

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Symbol

A

An object or action in a literary work that means more than itself, that strands for something beyond itself.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

Paradox

A

A statement that seems to go against common sense but may still be true

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

Hyperbole

A

A figure of speech involving exaggeration

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

Understatement

A

When a writer or speaker says less than what he or she means

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

Verbal irony

A

When you say something different from what you mean

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

Dramatic irony

A

When the audience knows something the characters don’t

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

Situational irony

A

Something happening that is very diff to what was expected

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

Alliteration

A

The repetition of consonant sounds, especially at the beginning of words.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

Allusion

A

An expression to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

Caesura

A

A strong pause within a line of a verse

17
Q

Couplet

A

A pair of rhymed lines that may or may not constitute a separate stanza in a poem.

18
Q

Diction

A

Choice of words and phrases in a work of literature

19
Q

Enjambent

A

A run on line of poetry in which logical and grammatical sense carries over from one line into the next.

20
Q

Epic

A

A long narrative poem that records the adventures of a hero.

21
Q

Lyric

A

A type of poem characterized by brevity, compression, and the expression of feeling.

22
Q

Metonymy

A

A figure of speech in which a closely related term is substituted for an object or idea. An example: “we have always remained loyal to the crown.”

23
Q

Sonnet

A

A fourteen-line poem in iambic pentameter

24
Q

Stanza

A

A division or unit of a poem that is repeated in the same form- either with similar or identical patterns or rhyme and meter, or with variations from one stanza to another.

25
Q

Synechdoche

A

A figure of speech in which a part is substituted for the whole.
Ex. “Lend me a hand”

26
Q

Tone

A

The implied attitude of a writer toward the subject and characters of a work

27
Q

Verse

A

A single metrical line in a poetic composition

28
Q

Hamartia

A

A fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a tragic hero or heroine

29
Q

Hubris

A

Excessive pride or self confidence

30
Q

Catharsis

A

Physical or verbal expressions of feeling

31
Q

Protagonist

A

The leading character in a a drama,movie,novel, or other fictional text.

32
Q

Antagonists

A

The villain of the story

33
Q

Foil

A

A character who contrasts with another character

34
Q

Aside

A

A speech that a character delivers directly to an audience.