English Techniques Flashcards
(25 cards)
Alliteration
Same sound/ letter at the beginning of a word
Allusion
A reference to another literature etc
Anecdote
A short story
Juxtaposition
When two things are put close together for contrast
Hyperbole
Exaggeration for effect
Simile
Directly comparing things, usually using ‘like’ or ‘as’
Personification
Giving inanimate objects human qualities
Onomatapoeia
Words that sound like their meaning
Truncated Sentences
A sentence that is cut short for effect
Imperative
An order or command
Irony
Words that express the opposite meaning
Motif
A recurring symbol/ idea
What are some different types of imagery?
Visual, auditory, olfactory, tactile, gustatory, kinasthetic, organi, visceral
Oxymoron
Contradictory phrases e.g. deafening silence
Colloquial Language
Informal Language
Tone
The mood of a piece
Rhetoric
The use of other techniques to evoke pathos, ethos and logos
What is pathos?
Emotional response, especially one of pity and sadness
What is ethos?
A tool of persuasion where the author establishes credibility and knowledge
What is logos?
The use of logic to persuade an audience
Name three words with different modality.
Might, should, will
Connotations
An image/ feeling evoked by a particular word or image
What is a lexical chain?
A chain of words/ phrases throughout a text to build an image
Zoomorphism
Giving humans animal like qualities
