Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
29 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
active voice
|
the subject performs the action expressed in the verb
|
|
|
allegory
|
A symbolic representation
|
|
|
alliteration
|
Repetition of consonant sounds in two or more neighbouring words or syllables
|
|
|
allusion
|
An instance of indirect reference
|
|
|
analogy
|
A comparison of two different things that are alike in some way
|
|
|
antagonist
|
The principal character in opposition to the protagonist or hero of a narrative or drama.
|
|
|
anti-climax
|
A decrease in the importance of an event or saying
|
|
|
antithesis
|
Direct contrast; opposition
|
|
|
apostrophe
|
The direct address of an absent or imaginary person or of a personified abstraction
|
|
|
argumentative essay
|
an essay that shows the author's assertion (opinion, theory, hypothesis) about some phenomenon or phenomena is correct or more truthful than others'
|
|
|
anecdotal evidence
|
an informal account of evidence in the form of an anecdote or hearsay
|
|
|
archaic language
|
Words and phrases that were used regularly in a language, but are now less common;Such words and phrases are often used deliberately to refer to earlier times
|
|
|
aside
|
A piece of dialogue intended for the audience and supposedly not heard by the other actors on stage
|
|
|
assonance
|
Resemblance of sound, especially of the vowel sounds in words
|
|
|
atmosphere
|
The dominant tone or mood of a work of art
|
|
|
audience
|
the spectators or listeners assembled at a performance; The readership for printed matter, as for a book
|
|
|
autobiography
|
The biography of a person written by that person
|
|
|
ballad
|
a narrative poem, often of folk origin and intended to be sung, consisting of simple stanzas and usually having a refrain
|
|
|
ballad stanza
|
aka quatrain; a four-line stanza and alternates tetrameter and trimeter and rhymes abxb.
|
|
|
bias
|
an unfair act or policy stemming from prejudice
|
|
|
biography
|
an account of a person's life written by another person
|
|
|
blank verse
|
verse consisting of unrhymed lines, usually of iambic pentameter.
|
|
|
cacophony
|
the use of harsh or discordant sounds in literary composition, as for poetic effect
|
|
|
caricature
|
a representation in which the subject's distinctive features were deliberately exaggerated to create a comic or grotesque effect
|
|
|
case study
|
a detailed intensive study of a unit that stresses factors contributing to its success or failure
|
|
|
catastrophe
|
the concluding action of a drama, esp. a classical tragedy, following the climax and containing the resolution of the plot
|
|
|
character
|
a person portrayed in an artistic piece, such as a drama or novel
|
|
|
characterization
|
representation of a character, esp. by imitating or describing actions, gestures, or speeches
|
|
|
character foil
|
a character who represents a sharp contrast with the protagonist and thus serves to stress and highlight the protagonists distinctive temperament
|
