Semester One Flashcards
What is a metaphor?
A comparison of two unlike things not using like or as
What is a similie
Comparing two things that are unlike using like or as
What is Personification?
When human qualities are given to non living things
Alliteration?
Repetition of constant sounds
Assonance
Repetition of vowel sounds in non rhyming words
Repetition
A sound phrase word or line is repeated for emphasis
Imagery
Describes words or phrases
Onomatopoeia
Creating or making words that are sounds
Idiom
Means something other than the literal meaning
Hyperbole
The truth is exaggerated for a humerus effect
Irony
Contrast between what is expected and what actually exists
Situational irony
When a character or the reader expects one thing to happen but something else actually happens
Verbal irony
When a character or writer says one thing but means another
Dramatic irony
The contrast between what a character knows and what the audience knows
Symbolism
A person place object or activity that represents something beyond itself
Cleave
To cling to
Beguile
Deceived tricked or mislead
Enmity
Hatred or Hostility
Cherubim
Angels second in charge in power only to arch angels
Covenant
A formal agreement
Assuage
Became calm or smooth
Invoke
To call on (as in a prayer)
Recompense
To pay or give compensation
Lapidary
Gemstone cutter
