English words and stuff 0.0 / 5 ? EnglishDefinitionsGCSEAll boards Created by: jacklin.bethCreated on: 27-04-15 20:42 Adjective Describing word 1 of 28 Adverb describes a verb, eg. quickly, timidly, loudly (just bung LY on the end of an adjective) 2 of 28 Alliteration a load of words all starting with the same consonant 3 of 28 Ambiguity open to 2 or more interpretations 4 of 28 Anthology a collection of poem or other writing 5 of 28 Assonance the repitition of vowel sounds 6 of 28 Ballad a poem which tells a story 7 of 28 Blank Verse unrhymed verse which has 10 syllables 8 of 28 Consonant B,C,D,F,G,H,J,K,L,M,N,P,Q,R,S,T,V,W,X,Y,Z 9 of 28 Emotive Language words which provoke a strong emotional response from the reader 10 of 28 Enjambment running one line of poetry into another without stopping 11 of 28 Genre type of writing, eg. Horror, love story, ect. 12 of 28 Hyperbole exaggerating something to create a specific effect 13 of 28 Irony Birling: the titanic is unsinkable!! Reader: ha. 14 of 28 Literary the adjective referring to literature 15 of 28 metaphor something IS somethin else 16 of 28 Narative in story form 17 of 28 Onomatopoeia words like "bang", "crash", "ping" (you can still spell it, right?) 18 of 28 Oxymoron bringing together two opposites, eg; "deafening silence" 19 of 28 Personification giving an object human characteristics, eg; the tree waved in the wind 20 of 28 Pun a play on words, commonly used in newspaper headings 21 of 28 Rhetorical Question a strong independant question that dont need no answer. 22 of 28 Rhyme roses are red, violets are twisted, bend over darling, you're about to get fisted 23 of 28 simile something is LIKE something, eg; TC is like a tomato 24 of 28 Soliloquy like a monologue thingy 25 of 28 Sonnet a poem with 14 lines (normally really ******* soppy) 26 of 28 Verb Doing word 27 of 28 Vowel A,E,I,O,U 28 of 28
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