Tuesday, May 19, 2015

English

Here are some more definitons of terms:

 

  • assonance occurs when vowel sounds are repeated
  • consonance features repetitive consonant sounds throughout, usually in the middle or end of words.
  • Alliteration = repetition of the first consonant:  Laresa likes ladders and other things.
  • Onomatopoeia = sound words, ex:  bam! Crash! Thud! Pow!
  • Simile = comparison of 2 things using “as” or “like
  • Metaphor = comparison of 2 things NOT using “as” or “like”
  • Personification = giving human characteristics to non-human things – Ex:  The ocean danced in the moonlight.  Another ex:  The words appeared to leap off of the paper as she read the story.
  • Paradox = opposing things; opposites put together. Ex:  The older you get, the younger you look.
  • Hyperbole = obvious exaggeration; ex:  I texted you 1,000 times last night!
  • Illusion = something seems real but isn’t real
  • Allusion = a reference to something
  • Myth = a traditional or legendary story, usually concerning some being or hero or event, with or without a determinable basis of fact or a natural explanation., especially one that is concerned with deities or demigods.
  • Epic = noting or pertaining to a long poetic composition, usually centered upon a hero, in which a series of great achievements or events is narrated in elevated style.
  • Media res =  In the middle of the action. Epics often begin in medias res.

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