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English Words
includes words commonly used in english school certificate
Question | Answer |
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Simile | Describing something as being LIKE another Eg. Herby has a face like the moon |
Metaphor | Describing something as another Eg. Its raining cats and dogs |
Alliteration | Repeating the first letter |
Assonance | Repeating vowel sounds |
Consonance | Repeated consonant sounds |
Onomatopoeia | Sound words |
Enjambment | Jamming the sentences together with no punctuation or pauses |
Allusion | Reference lends meaning to another article/text |
Hyperbole | Exaggeration |
Protagonist | Main Character |
Personification | Giving human qualities to something non-human |
Cacophony | Harsh noise/sounds |
Euphony | Pleasing noise/sounds |
Idiom | commonly understood expressions that use metaphors to convey ideas |
Satire | Something that uses dry humor to present a social or moral point |
Paradox | A sentence that contradicts itself |
Irony | The meaning is contradicted by the idea/situation |
Oxymoron | When contradicting words are side by side on a figure of speech Eg. The silence was deafening |
Pun | Play on words |
Juxtapose | To place side by side for comparison or contrast |
Allegory | One Main story with another being told on a deeper level. |
Jargon | Technical language of a particular group. |
Diction | The way in which a person chooses and pronounces their words |
Colloquial Expression | Informal, slang, everyday language |
Motif | Recurring image with a special meaning |
Symbolism | Deeper meaning and reference to something else |