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Pathetic fallacy

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Where the weather/atmosphere described the mood.

E.g a ‘dark night’ brings an evil/nasty atomsphere.

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Personification

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When a non human object is given human qualities

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Simile

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When you compare two things using ‘as’ or ‘like’

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Metaphor

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Compare two things using ‘is’ or ‘are’

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Extended metaphor

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When you use a metaphor and then continue to talk about the metaphor. E.g ‘life is a rollercoaster, it has many ups and downs’

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Oxymoron

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Two opposite words side by side, e,g the ‘small giant’

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Juxtaposition

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When you have two opposing/contrasting ideas. Basically a extended oxymoron

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Symbolism

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Where an object being described presents a meaning. E.g a face mask makes you think of COVID.

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Semantic field

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When words/phrases are linked to a feeling/idea.

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Irony

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When events in a text even suprises a character in the book

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Rehtorical question

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A question in a piece of writing that doesn’t require an answer

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Hyperbole

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Overexaggerating what is happening

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Assonance

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The repitition of vowels. E.g ‘to cool for school’

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Alliteration

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When words in a row begin with the same letter

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Sibilance

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When words in a row begin with the letter ‘s’

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Euphemism

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When you say something in a indirect mannor. E.g ‘you’ve not got long left’

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Emotive language

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When the writer makes a reader feel a particular feeling

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Onomatopoeia

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Words that describe sounds. E.g ‘the door was slammed shut’

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Triplet

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3 words of phrases in a row to describe something

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Plosives

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The repition of a harsh sound

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Zoomorphism

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Giving a person animal features

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Repition

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When the writer repeats a word of phrase. Can also be a structual device

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Nouns,verbs,adjective,adverbs

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Not sophisticated, use as a worst case scenario

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Past participle

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A verb which ends with ‘-ed’

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Present participle…

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Words that end in ‘-ing’

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Anthropomophism

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When you give an animal qualities of a human.

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Proleptic irony

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A term given to something which later on proves to be ironic.

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What is a superlative?

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An adjective showing the highest quality of degree. E.g biggest

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What is imagery?

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Vivid description of a particular scene

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Auditory imagery is….

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Vivid descriptions of sounds

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Tactile imagery is….

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Vivid descriptiom of physicsl sensation.

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Olfactory imagery is….

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Vivid description of smell

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Gustatory imagery is…..

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Vivid description of taste/flavour

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Allusion…

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This is an indirect or direct refernce to a person, place or event.

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Sensory imagery….

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Where some or all of the 5 human senses are used to describe/give an image of something.

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Caesura is….

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A pause which occurs within a line of poetry. This can have many effects depending on when its used, and in what context.

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Free verse

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This is where the verse in poetry is different from the common rhyme used within the play.

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Enjambment is…..

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The continuation of a clause or sentance across of a line break in poetry.

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A pun is…

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Is where a play on words is used, usually to convey a joke.

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An idiom is….

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A widely used saying or phrase which has a figurative meaning. E.g when you’re ill you say you’re feeling ‘under the weather’.

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An allegory is….

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An extended metaphor where something in a narrative is equated to something that’s outside of the narrative.

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An anachronism is….

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Where someone or something assosiated with a different time in history is placed in the wrong time frame.

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An analogy is….

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A comparison which points out the similarities between two things. E.g their features

44
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An anaphora is….

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Repition is a word or words at the beginning of consecutive phrases.

45
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A visual rhyme is….

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Where two words are spelled similarly but they’re pronounced differently.

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Dramatic irony is when….

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When the audience and readers know more than just what the characters in the play know.

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What is situational irony?

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This is when something happens which is totally different to what was exptected to happen.

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What is verbal irony?

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When a speaker says something through dialogue, but means something different. Contrasts what is actually happening.

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What is a paradox?

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When you say a phrase that contradicts itself, but also contains an element of truth.

50
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What is Antithesis?

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A person or thing that is a direct opposite of something else.