English 9 Final Exam Review

Vocabulary flashcards to help study for the English 9 final exam.

Alliteration

Repeating the same consonant sound at the start of words near each other.

Repetition

Using a word or phrase over and over again.

Soliloquy

When a character speaks their thoughts out loud for the audience to hear.

Apostrophe

Talking directly to someone who isn't there.

Aside

A short comment a character makes that the audience hears, but other characters don't.

Monologue

A long speech by one actor in a play or movie.

Allusion

Mentioning something well-known without saying it directly.

Iambic Pentameter

A line in poetry with five pairs of short and long sounds.

Meter

The rhythm or pattern of sounds in a poem.

Character Foil

A character that's different from another, showing off the other's qualities.

Rhyme Scheme

The pattern of rhymes at the end of lines in a poem.

Connotation (+/-)

The emotion or feeling that words give off (positive or negative).

Oxymoron

Using words together that seem to contradict each other.

Diction (word choice)

The words someone chooses to use when speaking or writing.

Setting

Where and when a story takes place.

Onomatopoeia

A word that sounds like the thing it's describing.

Quatrain

A set of four lines in a poem that usually rhyme.

Rhyming Couplet

Two lines in a poem that rhyme and have the same rhythm.

Simile

Comparing two different things using 'like' or 'as'.

Mood

The feeling or atmosphere created in a book or poem.

Metonymy

Using something related to an object to represent the object itself.

Metaphor

Comparing two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

Tone

The author's attitude or feeling in their writing.

Synecdoche

Using a part of something to represent the whole thing.

Personification

Giving human qualities to non-human things.

Situational Irony

When something happens that's the opposite of what you expect.

Dramatic Irony

When the audience knows something the characters don't.

Verbal Irony

Saying one thing but meaning the opposite.