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English Vocabš
English Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Allegory | a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning (a symbolic representation) Ex. Fables like the tortoise and hare... "slow and steady wins the race" |
| Alliteration | when two or more words that start with the same sound are used repeatedly in a phrase or a sentence Ex. "She sells seashells by the sea-shore." |
| Analogy | a comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification Ex. āLife is like a box of chocolatesāyou never know what you're going to get.ā |
| Allusion | often references a famous work of art or literature, or to something from your own life Ex. "She has a Cheshire cat grin on her face: Alice in Wonderland" |
| Antithesis | a literary device that positions opposite ideas parallel to each other Ex. "peace and war" "strong and weak" "life and death" |
| Audience | who will be reading the work Ex. The Hunger Games series was written for young adults |
| Author's Purpose | reason for or intent in writing Ex. Persuade, Inform, Entertain, etc. |
| Active Voice | the subject of the sentence clearly performs the action that the verb expresses Ex. Rebecca washed the dishes after breakfast. |
| Connotative | the use of a word to suggest a different association than its literal meaning Ex. They were feeling blue. |
| Compare and Contrast | Showing similarities and differences between (related) items Ex. Apples and oranges are both fruits, but and apple is red while and orange is orange. |
| Juxtaposition | placing two things side by side so as to highlight their differences Ex. "All's fair in love and war." |
| Hyperbole | used to draw emphasis through extreme exaggeration Ex. "I died of embarrassment." |
| Metaphor | where one thing is compared to another by stating they share the same qualities (not using like or as) Ex. "Life for me ain't been no crystal stair." |
| Simile | compares two unlike things using the words 'like' or 'as Ex. "As light as a feather." |
| Epiphora | a rhetorical term for the repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses Ex. "See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil" |
| Anaphora | the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of each line Ex. āOpen heart, open mind.ā |
| Parallelism | the repetition of a word or phrase within a sentence or group of sentences Ex. āGive a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.ā |
| Oxymoron | a figure of speech that combines contradictory words with opposing meanings Ex. ādeafening silenceā |
| Symbolism | where a person, situation, word, or object is used to represent another thing Ex. the color red symbolizing passion, or love, or devotion |
| Personification | gives human characteristics to nonhuman things or inanimate objects Ex. "The wind howled in the night" |
| Chiasmus | words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order Ex. "You must eat to live, not live to eat." |
| Paradox | a statement that appears to contradict itself, but upon further rumination, either reveals a deeper meaning or actually makes sense Ex. The only rule is there are no rules. |
| Mood | the general feeling or atmosphere that a piece of writing creates within the reader Ex. "It was a dark and stormy night" -- probably will have an overall dark, ominous, or suspenseful mood |
| Tone | the attitude that a character or narrator or author takes towards a given subject Ex. excited, depressed, sarcastic, frightened, hopeful, etc. |
| Euphemism | a word or phrase that softens an uncomfortable topic, a nice word for a harsh word Ex. She died last year. --> She passed away last year. |
| Irony | when a moment of dialogue or plot contradicts what the audience expects from a character or story Ex. "What a beautiful day," when it's hailing outside? |
| Motif | a repeated patternāan image, sound, word, or symbol that comes back again and again within a particular story |
| Rhetorical Situation | what you are saying depends on SOAP (speaker, occasion, audience, purpose) S: Doctor --> Doctor O: Meeting --> Patient Visit A: Other doctors --> Patient P: Teach how to treat sickness --> Inform how they will treat the sickness |
| Onomatopoeia | where a word actually looks or sounds like the sound it is intended to make" Ex. Boom, Splash, Pop, Woosh, Buzz, etc. |
| Shift | the tone or mood in a piece of writing is changed in order to define characters or make a novel or poem more interesting, engaging, and effective |
| Theme | a central topic, subject, or message within a narrative |
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