Terminology Flashcards
What is a noun?
A noun is a word to identify wether something is a class of people, a place, or a thing.
What is a verb?
A word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence.
What is an adjective?
An adjective is a word to describe a noun.
What is an adverb?
An adverb is a describing word that goes with verbs and describes it.
What is a simile?
A simile is when you describe something as something else using “like” or “as”.
What is a metaphor?
A metaphor is when you describe something as literally being something else.
What is Personification?
Personification is where you describe a noun as being human like.
What is Pathetic Fallacy?
Pathetic Fallacy is where the weather reflects the mood of the setting.
What is Alliteration?
Alliteration is where a group of words together start with the same letter.
What is colloquial language?
Colloquial language is slang.
What us Imagery?
Imagery is where the writer puts an image in your head of something to portray something else.
What are facts and statistics?
Facts and statistics are the truth is the form of a phrase or through numbers.
What is an imperative verb?
An imperative verb is a commanding verb.
What is a rhetorical question?
A rhetorical question is a question that is asked to the reader but does not want a response but rather for the reader to think.
What is a Hyperbole?
A hyperbole is a statement that is exaggerated and is not meant to be taken literally.
