Main Deffinitions Flashcards
(21 cards)
Similie
Form of comparison usually using ‘like’ or ‘as’
Metaphor
Describe an object or action to something it is similar to
Personification
Giving an inanimate object human atributes
Adjective
Describing words
Enjarnement
Flowing stanzas line continuing
Caesura
Punctuation in the middle of a line
Pathetic fallacy
Weather takes human emotions
Dramatic irony
Audience knows something the character doesn’t
Sonnet
14 line poem
Semantic field
Words liked to a theme or idea
Alliteration
Same start to two words
Irony
Difference between what is expected and what actually occurs
Iambic pentameter
10 syllables per line
Hubris
Excessive pride/arrogance
Visage
Face
Cyclical structure
Starts and end the same
Oxymoron
Two words with contrasting ideas next to eachother
Soliloquy
Character speaks to audience
Motif
A elegant that conveys the theme
Subservient
Obey what is said
Conflict
A serious argument or disagreement