Section A ENGLISH Flashcards
revision (15 cards)
what does treachery mean?
Betrayal of trust.
What is the definition of comrade?
A member of an organization/friend.
What does the word corrupt?
Having or showing willingness.
What is totalitarianism?
A system of government.
What is allegory?
A story,poem or picture.
What is the meaning of tyranny?
Cruel or oppressive leader.
What is propaganda?
The dissemination of information.
What is communism?
Theory or system.
What is dictatorship?
Government by dictator.
What does the word pronoun mean?
Words that can function as a noun phrase b its self.
What is a verb?
a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence, and forming the main part of the predicate of a sentence, such as hear, become, happen.
what is an adjective?
a word naming an attribute of a noun, such as sweet, red, or technical.
Adverb
a word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb or a word group, expressing a relation of place, time, circumstance, manner, cause, degree, etc. (e.g., gently, quite, then, there ).
Metaphor
a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
Simile
a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid [e.g. as brave as a lion]
