Civil War Test Review Flashcards
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to intrude, intervene, or to put between one thing or another
interpose
lacking physical strength, especially as a result of age or illness
feeble
a writer’s choice of words
diction
words that create a picture in the reader’s mind, words that appeal to the senses: taste, touch, sight, sound and smell.
imagery
a comparison between two unlike things using the words like, as, resembles or than.
simile
refers to one thing as if it were another without using words common in a simile.
metaphor
a question to which no answer is expected.
rhetorical question
tells what happens without stating more than can be inferred from the story’s action and dialogue. The narrator never discloses anything about what the characters think or feel
objective
a narrator whose knowledge is limited to one character, either major or minor. Narrator who shares only ONE character’s thoughts and/or feelings
limited
a narrator who knows everything about all the characters. Narrator shares more than one characters thoughts and/or feelings
omniscient
an interruption in the chronological order of a narrative to show an event that happened earlier
flashback
passionately; enthusiastically
ardently
sharp, severe, causing emotional or physical pain
poignant
poetry without any pattern of rhythm or rhyme
free verse
technique used by poets of using lists in poems
cataloguing
strong and healthy; vigorous
robust
to guess that something is true
surmise
speed in motion or action; swiftness
haste
words that rhyme at the END of lines.
end rhyme
the repetition of beginning consonant sounds
alliteration
words that are intended to rhyme but the sound of these words is similar but not identical.
slant rhyme
giving non-human things or qualities human characteristics.
personification
