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English 2 Terms
Mrs.Stricklands Class English Terms
| Term | Definition | |
|---|---|---|
| Point of view | Perspective | |
| 1st Point of view | I, We, Me, Us | |
| 3rd Point of view Limited | Tells about 1/2 characters thoughts, feelings, actions | |
| 3rd Point of view Objective | Narrator reveals what is seen and heard | |
| 3rd point of view Omniscient | Character is god like | |
| Irony | What reader expects contrasts what really happens | |
| Dramatic irony | When audience knows something the characters don't know | |
| Situational Irony | What reader expects versus what actually happens | |
| Verbal Irony | Sarcasm | |
| Credible | Trusted Source | |
| Unreliable Narrator | Biased and lies | |
| Voice | Writers use of Language | |
| Persona | A mask of voice | |
| Surprise ending | Resolves story in unexpected way | |
| Theme | Central Idea | |
| Rhyme | Repetition of Sounds | |
| Rhythm | Base | |
| Meter Length of a line in poetry | Length of a line in poetry | |
| Alliteration | Repetition of individual letter or sound | |
| Onomatopoeia | Words that mimic their sound | |
| Repetition | Repeating of a word or phase | |
| Refrain | Repetition of 1 or more phrases or lines | |
| Simile | Comparison between 2 things using like, as, so, or than | |
| Metaphor | Implied comparison between 2 unrelated things | |
| Hyperbole | Exaggeration | |
| Personification | Giving Human Characteristics to inanimate objects | |
| Symbol | A word or image that symbolizes something | |
| Free verse | Poetry with no rules | |
| Assonance | Repetition of internal vowel sounds in nearby words that do not end the same | |
| Consonance | A common type of near rhyme that consists of identical consonant sounds |