Key vocabulary Flashcards
(19 cards)
Protagonist
The main character in a story
Soliloquy
A speech given by a character to the audience which the other characters on stage cannot hear.
Social Hierarchy
The rank or order of a society.
Red Herring
A clue or piece of information that is meant to be misleading.
Propaganda
To influence people’s beliefs, actions, and behaviors or promote a specific agenda or point of view
Simile
comparing two things using like or as
Personification
giving human characteristics to nonhuman things
Rhythm
- the beat and pace of a line
Caesura
- a break in the middle of a line of poetry
Assonance-
repeated vowel sounds
Enjambment-
when a line of poetry continues onto the next without punctuation
Alliteration-
two or more repeated letters or sounds
Onomatopoeia
- a word that sounds like its meaning e.g. crash, bang,
iambic pentameter -
a line of ten syllables that follow a stressed and unstressed pattern
Protagonist
The main character of a story
Soliloquy
A speech given by a character to the audience which the other characters on stage cannot hear
Social heirarchy
The rank or order of a society
Red Herring
A clue or piece of information that is meant to be misleading
Propaganda
To influence people’s beliefs, actions, and behaviours or promote specific agenda or point of view.
