Day 1 of exams tomorrow:/ seemed so surreal, that im at the end of my first year in IB. wish i had more time in it:)

paper 1: english A1 aka eng lit. unseen prose/poem commentary.

might as well kill me now. like seriously. all those lit terms and lit effects are driving me nuts. how do we even incorporate it into the commentary?

Alliteration: repetition of same consonant sound at beginning of words. Five minutes mugging makes me mad. (it totally draws attention to the idea that im going mad=.=)

Assonance: repetition of similiar vowel sounds. There will be tears dropping down and noses blown. (you must be wondering whats the diff bet this and alliteration right? go figure it out.)

Caricature: a character exaggerated through its features. dont even get me started.

Colloquial: typical everyday language. like duh. it's what im doing now.

Connotation: an implication or association with a word, suggested but not explicit. Even the laziest people are mugging hard for the promos. (i'm implying that it is really important.)

Enjambment: line of verse flowing onto next line without pause.

eg. and there will be no end
to our misery.

Hyperbole: deliberate exaggeration. this year's promos are a matter of life and death.

Irony: saying one thing while meaning the other. i'm laughing at my sad life.(get it??:))

Juxtaposition: when two objects/ideas oppose each other. just like me and exams. zero affinity no?

Motif: a dominant theme, subject or idea that runs through the text that is of symbolic importance.

Oxymoron: joins words of opposite meaning- living dead. bitter sweet. need i say more?

Paradox: contradictory statement that contains great truth. basically, the paradox is that exams are a good way to examine our ability. not.

Pun: same sound, diff word, diff meaning. red. read. (taken from Ever ready bank accounts by Wole Soyinka)

And i could go on and on.... somehow. it seemed kinda stuck in my head. hopefully i'll remember them while writing tomorrow. i really really really really dont wanna end up in study camp!:/

wish me luck:)