English

We will be making a set of flash cards for our English terms and devices this year. Students will write the "Key Term" on one side of the flash card and the definition on the back. Grade 12 students will have the most extensive list.

For those who would like to work ahead, here is an extensive list to study from:

http://literary-devices.com/

Here are our terms for Friday:

Oxymoron: a short paradox, usually consisting of an adjective and a noun with conflicting meanings.
(i.e.) the touch of her lips was sweet agony

Paradox: an apparent contradiction or illogical statement. (i.e.) I'll never forget old what's-his-name.

Symbolism: any concrete thing or action in a poem or story that implies a meaning beyond its literal sense.

Personification:  giving human characteristics to non-human things or to abstractions (ideas).

ab·strac·tion

abˈstrakSH(ə)n/

noun

1. 1.

   the quality of dealing with ideas rather than events.

   "topics will vary in degrees of abstraction"