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General Techniques and Terms Flashcards

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Alliteration

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Repeated letters or sounds next to or close to eachother
Eg “plain plate”

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Classical Allusion

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Relating to particular events, mostly in ancient Greek or Roman times
Eg “Icarus”

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Biblical Allusion

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Relating to or hinting at the bible and/or it’s quotes

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Personification

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Giving non-human things human characteristics
Eg “the flowers fought against the wind”

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Hyperbole

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Exaggerating a point or meaning of a sentence

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Irony

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Statement used to contradict reality

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Assonance

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Repeated vowel sounds

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Onomatopoeia

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A formation word to indicate the sound made by something
Eg “bang”

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Similie

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Comparing something to something else
“As tall as a tree”

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Metaphor

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Saying something is something else
Eg “her teeth were white pearls”

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Pathetic Fallacy

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Using weather features to reflect a text

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Anaphora

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The repetition of the same word at the begging of successive clauses, lines or sentences

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Sibilance

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The use of the ‘s’ sound
Eg “Serpent spirits”

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Verb

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A word to describe an action that forms the main part of a sentence
Eg make

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Noun

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A word used to identify any class of people, places or things
Eg Italy

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Caesura

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A break between words within a metrical foot

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Volta

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A rhetorical shift or dramatic change in emotions or thoughts

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Adverb

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A word or phrase that modifies or qualifies some word classes in relation of place, time or circumstances.
Eg “quickly”

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Hypophora

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Exaggerating point of jest

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Paradox

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Creating a truth from two contradictory ideas

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Repetition

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Emphasising a point by using a word or phrase many times
“I am…. I am… I am…”

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Juxtaposition

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Making two things being seen or placed close together have contrasting effects

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Iambic Pentameter

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A line of verse with five metrical feet consisting of one short syllable and one long syllable

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Allegory

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A story, poem or picture can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning
Eg Tulips has a hidden meaning of stolen identity

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Haiku

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A Japanese poem of seventeen syllables in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5

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Oxymoron

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Where opposite terms appear together eg. Bitter Sweet

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Plosives

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Repetitive use of ‘B’, ‘D’, ‘G’, ‘P’, ‘T’ and ‘K’ sounds for effect
Eg “Big Black Lake”

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Analogy

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Two concepts that are similar and comparable to simplify the theme through contrast

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Cliche

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A scenario, term or phrase that is overused and unoriginal

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Pronoun

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Grammatical form that refers to the speaker or the person spoken about
Eg he/him

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Fronted Conjunction

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A conjunction placed at the front of a sentence or clause for effect
Eg “But I’m giving the job to Jeff”

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Superlative

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The best of something
Eg. The Biggest

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Soliloquy

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A monologue spoken to the audience to express characters thoughts or feelings

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Monologue

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A long speech in a play or film

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Prosodics

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Emphasis of speech
V - Volume
P - Pace
P - Pitch
S - Stress
“Yeah, that was a great movie”

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Proxemics

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The movement and closeness of characters around the stage
“He circles the stage”

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Paralinguistics

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Body Language
(how the person physically conveys themselves)
“She raised her arms”

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Face Threatening

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The use of direct insults

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Expletives

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The use, repetition or extensive repetition of swear words

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Hubris

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Excessive pride or self confidence

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Hamartia

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A fatal flaw leading to the tragic downfall of the hero or heroine

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Slapstick

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Comedy based on deliberately clumsy actions and humorously embarrassing events

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Wit

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The capacity for inventive thought and quick understanding

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Puns

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A joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word

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Semantic Field

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a lexical set of relations or ideas (semantically related)

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Epithets

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an adjective or phrase expressing a quality or attribute (Characteristic or person)

eg. Fresshe May

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Triadic Structure

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The use of three parallel clauses of equal length and importance.

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Logos

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The principle of reason and judgement (associated with the animus)

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Machiavellian

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Sneaky, Cunning and lacking moral code

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Post-Colonial

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Relating to the historical period or state of affairs representing the aftermath of western colonisation

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Misogyny

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The hatred or prejudice against women, typically exhibited by men

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Dramatic Irony

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Occurs when the audience knows something that the characters don’t know

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Honorifics

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A title or word implying or expressing respect

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Elipsis

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The omission from speech or writing of a word/ words that are superfluous or able to be understood from contextual clues

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Zeitgeists

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The defining spirit or mood of a particular period of history as shown by the ideas and beliefs of the time

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Machismo

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Strong or aggressive masculine pride

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Imperatives

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A noun that refers to something that needs to be done or given attention to immediately (demanding/ controlling)

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Interrogatives

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A word or sentence used when asking a question
Eg. “Who?” and “Why?”

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Nomenclature

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The devising or choosing of names for things, people and characteristics

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Sycophantic

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Behaving or done in an obsequious (obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree) way in order to gain advantage

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Alliteration

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The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

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Elision

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The omission of a sound or syllable when speaking

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Colloquial Language

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A linguistic style used for casual communication.

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Adjacency Pairs

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A two-part exchange in which the second utterance is functionally dependent on the first

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Foreshadowing

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A warning or indication of a future event

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Postmodernism

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A late 20th century style and concept, representing the departure from modernism and characterised by the self-conscious use of earlier style and convention

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Motif

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An element or idea that recurs throughout a work of literature

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Phallic Symbol

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refers to symbols, imagery or motifs within literature that symbolically represent the male genitalia (particularly the erect penis)

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Psychoanalytic

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A critical perspective that investigates the interaction of the conscious and unconscious elements (Based on Sigmund Freud)

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Marxist

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A person who supports the political and economic theories of Karl Marx (looked at the oppression of people and working class and ideas of materialism

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Apocalyptic Imagery

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Symbolic imagery to reveal God’s veiled preordained behind the scenes works and future plans

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Exclamatory

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A statement that conveys a strong emotion and ends in an exclamation mark

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Perjoratives

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A term indicating disapproval or contempt

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Abstract Nouns

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Refers to something conceptual or intangible, something you can’t directly observe with your senses

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