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Defenitions Of Wordss Flashcards

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What is a simile

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A phrase that uses the words of like and as e.g leroy was as fast as a cheater

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What is a metaphor

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a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

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What is a caesura

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Is when you pause in a i sentence or when you make a sudden pause in a play

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What is enjambment

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enjambment is when a scentence has no pause in a pharagraph or stanza

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What is a volta

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volta- is when you make a turn e.g when you volta towards an audience in a play

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What is a extended metaphor

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extended metaphor- is a different verson of a metaphor that goes beyond pharagraphs and many lines

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What is personificartion

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personification- is where humans ,objects ,animals and plants have different qualities

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What is alliteration

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alliteration- is when two words sound the same but different letters in it.

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rhyme scheme

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rhyme scheme - is when a poem has a structured rhymes in order

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What is rhythm

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rhythm-is when the exact same music sound and pattern is played constantly

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What is repetition

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repetition- is when a specific action has been played again and again constantly

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What is onomatopoeia

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onomatopoeia- is when a sound is associated a word e.g BANG BOOM SHAZAM

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What is a narrative voice

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narrative voice- is when theres a voice explaining whats happening in aplay or story

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What is Propaganda

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Propaganda- is when a person or nature or matured nature is used to promote a cause or point

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What is jingoism

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Jingoism- is judgine someones country as superior to others

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What is futility

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futility-is a famouse poem written by wilfered owen during WW1

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What is terror

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terror-its the distinction between horror and feat its related to gothic stories

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What is stanza

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stanza is a group of lines. Whithin a poem usually set off from a blank line or indentation

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What is a verb

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A verb is a action of moving running or walking

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What is adjective

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adjective are used in poems to have different effects either a reflective state

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What is patriotism

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patriotism is often talks about self sacrafice for your country.

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What is conflict

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conflict is a device charactrized by a struggle between two forces e.g good vs evil

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What is hyperbole

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hyperbole is a over exaguration

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What is trenches

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trenches are the front lines also termed in “ trench poetry “ it was insparated by solider sday to day life

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What is Assonnance

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Assonance - when a writer repeats vowel sounds

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What is Pivot

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Pivot- is when two poems where the first couplet states second flips it

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