21-40 AICE TERMS ENG Flashcards
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Hyperbole
Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
Idiom
A group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deductible from those of the original words.
Imagery
Descriptive language that appeals to any of the senses.
Irony
The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning; a statement or situation where the meaning is directly contradicted by the appearance or presentation of the idea.
Interjection
An abrupt remark, made especially as an aside or interruption.
Jargon
The specialized language of a professional, occupational, or other group, often meaningless to outsiders.
Juxtaposition
The fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.
Limited Narrator
A narrator who does not know the full story and only reveals what they can see at the time.
List of three
A device with a rhythmic impact, often used in persuasive texts.
Metaphor
A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
Mood
Appeals to the audience’s emotions.
Noun
A word used to identify any of a class of people, places, or things.
Omniscient
A narrator who is all-seeing and knows the full picture.
Onomatopoeia
The formation of a word from a sound associated with its name.
Paradox
A seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well-founded or true.
Parody
An imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect.
Personification
A figure of speech in which an inanimate object or abstraction is endowed with human qualities or abilities.
Point of View
The perspective from which a speaker or writer tells a story or presents information.
Preposition
A word governing, and usually preceding, a noun or pronoun and expressing a relation to another word or element in the clause, as in “the man on the platform,” “she arrived after dinner,” “what did you do it for ?”.
Pronoun
A word that can function by itself as a noun phrase and that refers either to the participants in the discourse (e.g., I, you ) or to someone or something mentioned elsewhere in the discourse (e.g., she, it, this).
