English Techniques Flashcards
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Allegory
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A story or narrative with two meanings, the obvious/literal and a second, usually hidden meaning that typically acts as a commentary on real world events.
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Alliteration
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Repetition of consonants at the beginning of successive words or within sentences/phrases to create a sense of rhythm.
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Allusion
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A subtle or passing reference to an event, person, place, text, etc. that is intended to be noticed by readers.
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Anaphora
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Ambiguity
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Analogy
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Antithesis
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Archetype
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Assonance
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Atmosphere
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Connotations
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Characterisation
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Consonance
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Contrast
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Double Entrendre
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Context
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Dramatic Irony
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Enjambment
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Eyphemism
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Emotive Language
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Exclamation
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Foil
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Foreshadowing
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Form
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Idiom
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Fractured Sentences
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Figurative Language
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Hyperbole
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Icons
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Imagery
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Irony
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Onomatopoeia
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Language Choices
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Intertextuality
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Metaphor
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Oxymoron
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Juxtaposition
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Metonymy
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Setting
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Modality
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Parallels
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Simile
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Omission
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Motifs
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Mood/Tone
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Pathetic Fallacy
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Sound Devices
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Theme
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Personification
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Rhetorical Question
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Symbolism
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Sibilance
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