English Final

Simile

Comparing things using like or as

Metaphore

Comparing things by saying one thing is the other

Personification

Giving human traits to non human things

Hyperbole

Extreme exaggeration

Allusion

Indirect reference to a famous person place or thing - often other literature

Oxymoron

Combine two contradictory opposing words right next to each other

Alliteration

Two or more words in a row that start with the same consonant sound

Proper noun

A specific name for a person place or thing

Common noun

General or non-specific name for a person place or thing

Concrete noun

Names something that can be experienced by the five senses

Abstract noun

A word that represents an intangible object

Linking verb

Came be replaced with = ex) is am are was were

Helping verb

Comes before a linking or action verb to specify tense ex) is will was were

Action verb

Does something ex) jump run teach think