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Alliteration

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When we begin two or more words in a sentence or phrase with the same consonant sound

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Allusion

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When a text makes an indirect reference to an event in history (historical allusion), a story from the bible (biblical allusion), another written text (literary allusion) or a famous myth (mythical allusion)

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Anadiplosis

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A type of repetition where we start a new sentence or phrase in the same way that we ended the last sentence of the phrase

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Anaphora

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A type of repetition - when we repeat a word/s at the beginning of two or more sentences or phrases

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Anthropomorphism

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When. we give human actions, emotions or characteristics to a god or animal

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Antimetabole

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When we turn a phrase inside out or repeat the phrase in the reverse order

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Apostrophe

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Addressing an inanimate object

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Assonance

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When we repeat vowel sounds in two or more words that are close to each other

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Asyndeton

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A series of words separated by commas with no conjugation

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Caesura

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Pause or interruption to the mood of the poem usually marked by some form of punctuation such as ellipsis or a dash

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Cliché

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An overused expression or idea

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Colloquial Language

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Informal expressions used in everyday language by common people - often words are abbreviated

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Consonance

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When we repeat a consonant sound two or more times in a sentence or phrase, but the sound does not need to be at the beginning of the world

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Contrast

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When we put two things that are unlike each other side by side so that we can see their differences

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Dialogue

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When characters in a text speak to each other

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Direct Address

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When we use the second person (you) to speak directly to the responder

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Disjunction

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When we use a conjunction such as ‘but’ or ‘yet’ to dramatically interrupt the rhythm of a sentence

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Ellipsis

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A dramatic pause, indicated by three dots (…)

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Epistrophe

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When we repeat a word/s at the end of two or more sentences or phrases

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Epizeuxis

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When we repeat words or phrases two or more times immediately after each other

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Euphemism

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When we use polite or indirect expressions to replace words or phrases that are considered impolite or harsh

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Foreshadowing

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A way of hinting at what will happen in the future

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Fricative Sounds

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Soft sounds created by letter such as /s/, /sh/, /f/ and /th/

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Hyperbole

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When we use exaggeration

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Hypophora
When we ask a question and then immediately answer or own question
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Idiom
A recognisable or well-known phrase - these phrases are metaphorical and different cultures have different phrases that are well known
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Imagery
``` Auditory: engages the sense of hearing Gustatory: engages the sense of taste Kinesthetic: engages the sense of movement or action Olfactory: engages the sense of smell Tactile: engages the sense of touch Visual: engages the sense of sight ```
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Imperative
A command or an order
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Inclusive language
When we use the third person plural: 'we', 'us' or 'our'
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Irony
When what is said does not match up with what we understand or when what expect to happen doesn't actually take place
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Jargon
The specialist language is used in different trades, occupations, sports, hobbies etc.
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Juxtaposition
When we place two different or opposite things (such as characters, ideas, places or actions) side by side with each other
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Metaphor
When we portray a person, place, thing or action as being something else, even though it is not really that 'something else'
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Modality
When we say things with certainty, we are using high modality When we say things in an uncertain way, we are using low modality
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Motif
An idea, image or symbol that reoccurs throughout a text
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Neologism
A new word or expression or suing an old word in a new way
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Onomatopoeia
When we use words to spell out sounds
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Oxymoron
Two words side by side that contradict one another
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Paradox
When we use a statement that appears to contradict itself but contains some truth to it
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Parallelism
Using similar language, structure, events, characters or ideas in different parts of a text
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Personification
When we give human qualities (such as actions or emotions) to object that is not living
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Plosive Sounds
Hard sounds created by letters such as /t/, /p/, /k/, /c/, /d/ and /b/
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Polysyndeton
When we use too many conjugations in a sentence
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Pun
A play on words that are created by using a word that suggests two or more meanings
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Repetition
When we repeat a word, phrase or structure several times, usually in close proximity
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Incremental repetition
A line is repeated in a changed context, or with minor changes in repeated pars
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Rhetorical Question
When we ask a question, not to receive an answer but to make the responder think
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Semantic field
Semantic field - a collection of words (of verbs or adjectives or nouns) that are related to one another be it through their similar meaning or through a more abstract relation
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Sibilance
When we repeat two or more words that begin with the letter /s/ in a sentence or phrase
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Symbolism
When we use objects or images to represent abstract ideas
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Theriomorphism
When we give humans the characteristics or the actions of an animal
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Tone
Using words or voice to convey an emotion - when identifying this technique, you must always use an adjective to describe what the emotion is
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Truncated Sentence
An incomplete sentence
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Voice
Collective Voice: the voice of a group which could either be a community, a particular racial or gender group Omniscient Voice: all knowing or objective voice Intrusive Voice: 1st or 3rd person who intrudes by commenting or shaping our reactions Self-conscious Voice: a narrator is aware they are telling a story and will often comment on their own narrative (or meta-narrative). A key feature of post-modernism Multiple Voices: several voices being represented in a text, involving/composed of /the perspective of more than one person Unreliable Voice (or can say unreliable narrator): provides incomplete or inaccurate information, may be a twist at the end, very narrow focus of own perspective in text
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Enjambment
Continuation of a sentence or clause across a line break
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Synaesthesia
Rhetorical device or figure of speech where one sense is described in terms of another

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