Mrs. Cordry's Classes
English L-J
1. allegory: a story with a hidden meaning
2. flashback: to refer back to something that has already happened
3. metaphor: to compare tow unlike things without using like or as
4. satire: to make fun of someone or something; political cartoons use this technique
5. simile: to compare two unlike things USING like or as
6. foreshadow: to tell of something coming, usually bad
7. alliteration: to repeat the same beginning sound
8. spoonerism: mixing up the first consonants of words
9. hyperbole: an exaggeration to an absurd degree
10.malapropism: using the wrong word in a sentence
11.onomatopoeia: words that sound as they are
12.palindrome: words or phrase spelled the same backwards
13.oxymoron: putting two words together with opposite meanings
14. colloquialism: common, everyday language
15.idiom: phrase not easily translated
Tuesday: multiple choice
Wednesday: matching
Thursday: define from memory
2. flashback: to refer back to something that has already happened
3. metaphor: to compare tow unlike things without using like or as
4. satire: to make fun of someone or something; political cartoons use this technique
5. simile: to compare two unlike things USING like or as
6. foreshadow: to tell of something coming, usually bad
7. alliteration: to repeat the same beginning sound
8. spoonerism: mixing up the first consonants of words
9. hyperbole: an exaggeration to an absurd degree
10.malapropism: using the wrong word in a sentence
11.onomatopoeia: words that sound as they are
12.palindrome: words or phrase spelled the same backwards
13.oxymoron: putting two words together with opposite meanings
14. colloquialism: common, everyday language
15.idiom: phrase not easily translated
Tuesday: multiple choice
Wednesday: matching
Thursday: define from memory
