Terminology Flashcards
Noun
A word used for places, people or things common and proper nowns
Verb
A word used to describe an action
Adjective
A describing word to describe a word
Adverb
A word that changes an adjective
Simile
A word that is like another word ‘ his nails dug in to the bed like a tigers claws would dig into its prey’
Metaphor
A part of a sentence which a word is applied to another word that would not be taken literally
Personification
Where a non living object is given living attributes in its description
Pathetic fallacy
Where the weather sets the mood for a scene so if it is rainy and a person is sad that is pf
Alliteration
This is were you use words with the same starting letter or the same kind of sound all in a row
Colloquial language
Where no attempt to use formal language is made so it is slang
Imagery
A description that gives you a visual picture to imagine in your mind
Fact and statistics
When you use factual information including things like percentages
Imperative verbs
A command word ‘you’
Rhetorical question
A question used in writing that makes you think but you don’t answer ir
Hyperbole
An over exaggeration ‘the biggest church in the world’
