English 9th grade Vocabulary Flashcards
(15 cards)
Rhapsody
Classical Greek professional performer of epic poetry in the 4th and 5th centuries
Myth
A traditional story
Muses
Nine goddesses who preside over the arts and sciences. Daughters of Zues
Epic/ Homeric simile
A long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the history of a nation
Epithet
A nickname or a description of someone
Xenia
The importance of hospitality
Archetype
A very typical example of a certain person or thing
1- evil step sister
2- civilian
3- dead parent our parents
Hyperbole
Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. Synonyms
Tone
A musical or vocal sound with reference to its pitch, quality, and strength
Diction
The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing
Allusion
An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference
Aliteration
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
Assonance
In poetry, the repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in non-rhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible (e.g., Penitence, reticence)
Consonance
Agreement or compatibility between opinions or actions
Rhyme-
correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words, especially when these are used at the end of lines of poetry
