English study

Question 1

what does alliteration mean?

Answer 1

a repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.

Question 2

what does repetion mean?

Answer 2

Repetition is when a single word or phrase is used multiple times in short succession for effect

Question 3

what does onomatopoeia mean?

Answer 3

the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named

Question 4

what does simile mean?

Answer 4

a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, using the word like or as e.g. as brave as a lion ).

Question 5

what does metaphor mean?

Answer 5

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

Question 6

what does Hyperbole mean?

Answer 6

exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. eg I’m so hungry, I could eat a horse

Question 7

what does Personification mean?

Answer 7

the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something non-human, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.

Question 8

what does Anaphora mean?

Answer 8

Anaphora is the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of each line of a poem, speech, or sermon.

Question 9

what does Enjambment mean?

Answer 9

When a phrase, a clause, or a sentence in a line of poetry doesn’t finish at the line break but spills over into the next line,

Question 10

what does Juxtaposition mean?

Answer 10

the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.

Question 11

what does symbolism mean?

Answer 11

To use a word in a poem to symbolise smth else

Question 12

what does Motif mean?

Answer 12

A central or recurring image or action in a literary work that is shared by other works.

Question 13

what does Oxymoron mean?

Answer 13

a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction. eg deafening silence,

Question 14

what does Synedoche mean?

Answer 14

Part of something to reflect the whole of somthuing or the other way around.

Question 15

what does Assonance mean?

Answer 15

Assonance is the repetition of the vowel sound across words within the lines of the poem creating internal rhymes.

Question 16

what does Imagery mean?

Answer 16

visual symbolism, or figurative language that evokes a mental image or other kinds of sense impressions,