Key Vocab (Literacy Zone) Flashcards
(22 cards)
Noun
A person, place, object or feeling
Adjective
A word used to describe a noun e.g. ‘green’ or ‘big’
Verb
A word used to describe an action or state e.g. ‘talked’ or ‘loved’ / A doing word
Adverb
A word used to describe a verb. Usually ends in ‘ly’ e.g. ‘quickly’
Simile
A comparison which is made using ‘like’ or ‘as’ e.g. ‘The sun was like an angry eye’
Metaphor
A direct comparison e.g. ‘The sun was an angry eye’ / When something is described as something it is not
Imagery
Visually descriptive language
Alliteration
The repetition of a letter in two or more words
Onomatopoeia
Sound words e.g. ‘pop’ ‘crash’
Oxymoron
A figure of speech featuring two contradictory terms e.g. cold fire
Juxtaposition
Two opposing ideas placed close together e.g. He simply loved to hate
Hyperbole
Exaggerated language e.g. ‘It would take a million alarms to wake him from his slumber’
Antithesis
A direct contrast or opposition e.g. hope is the antithesis of despair
Sibilance
The repetition of the ‘s’ sound in two or more words
Enjambement
A poetic device to describe a sentence which continues over more than one line, couplet or
stanza
Caesura
A strong pause within a line of poetry often using a hyphen or punctuation e.g. “till I behold him - dead - is my poor heart’
Assonance
The repetition of a vowel sound across two or more words
Syntax
The ways in which words combine to form phrases, clauses, and sentences
Allegory
An extended metaphor
Colloquial
Informal or ‘chatty’ use of language
Soliloquy
A device often used in plays where a character speaks to themselves. It is used to reveal the thoughts and feelings of the character
Polysyndeton
Repetition of ‘and’ connective in a sentence
