Studied by 3 people
Allegory
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Alliteration
“Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers”
Allusion
“I’m Juliet to your Romeo”
Ambiguity
“The chicken is ready to eat”
Analogy
“Finding that lost dog will be like finding a needle in a haystack”
Antecedent
“Chelsey finished her homework”
Antithesis
“Hope for the best; prepare for the worst”
Aphorism
“Don’t judge a book by its cover”
Apostrophe
“She’s always on time”
Atmosphere
“The atmosphere of the Earth is like a blanket that traps heat”
Caricature
“The interviewer made her into a caricature of a struggling artist”
Clause
One: “I graduated last year”
Colloquial/Colloquialism
“He needs to step up to the plate”
Conceit
“A broken heart is like a damaged clock”
Connotation
“She has a heart of gold”
Denotation
“She was cold”
Diction
Vivid ver.: “The dog boldy sauntered onto center stage”
Didactic
DIY: “Do it yourself”
Euphemism
“His great grandfather passed away last week”
Extended Metaphor
“Hound Dog” by Elvis Presley
Figurative Language
“He was like a kid in a candy store”
Figure of speech
Simile: “Rachel is as bright as the sun”
Generic conventions
A novel describes every character, the story-theme, scene background in such a way so that readers can easily imagine it
Genre
Drama, Fantasy, Comedy, Horror
Homily
Church __ themes: forgiveness, grace, love
Hyperbole
“I’m so hungry, I could eat a horse”
Imagery
Visual: “the snowflakes glittered like diamonds”
Inference/Infer
If you see someone eating a new food and he or she makes a face, then you can ___ he/she doesn’t like it
Invective
“Yo mama” jokes
Irony/Ironic
If you were sick, you might say “wow, I feel great today”
Litotes
“You can’t say I didn’t warn you”
Loose sentence
“I work at home when the cafe is too crowded”
Metaphor
My hands were icicles because of the cold wheather”
Metonymy
___: Dish
Meaning: Meal
EX: “What’s your favorite dish?”
Mood
“It was a dark and stormy night”
Non-periodic sentence
“When the cafe is too crowded, I work at home”
Note
Flashcard