War Flashcards
(24 cards)
What is a 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 )
What is a 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.
“when we speak of gene maps and gene mapping, we use a cartographic metaphor”
What is a Caesura
is a metrical pause or break in a verse where one phrase ends and another phrase begins.
What is a enjambment
the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza.
“he uses enjambment less than many poets”
What is a volta
is a rhetorical shift or dramatic change in thought and/or emotion.
What is a extended metaphor
is the use of a single metaphor or analogy at length in a work of literature.
What is a personification
the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something non-human, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
what is a alliteration
the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
What is a rhyme scheme
the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse.
what is a rhythm
An audible pattern in verse established by the intervals between stressed syllables.
what is a repetition
Repeting the same words in a text
what is a onomatopoeia
the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named
What is a narrative voice
Narrative voice is the perspective the story is told from
What is a propoganda
Propoganda is a fake idea of something for someone to join it
What is a jingoism
Is a to refuse to do something for youre country
What is a futility
A poem written by wilfred owen
What is a terror
Having a fear of something
What is a stanza
A stanza a short paragraph in poetry
What is a verb
A verb is a action word such as run or jump
What is a Adjective
A adjective is a word used to describe a nother word such as the RED bird
What is a patrisoistm
Patrisoistm is having a extreme like to your country
What is a conflict
A conflict is a agrumente between two diffrent people with diffrente beleafes that contradict eachother
What is a hyperbole
A hyperbole is extrageted effect of something
What is a trench
A trench is a long stretch in the ground dug up a couple feet down to protect soldiers from enemy fire amd where they would spend most of a war in.
