Language Techniques Flashcards
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What is an allegory?
When characters and plot represent ideas that relate to morality, politics, or religion.
What is the effect of an allegory?
Allegory allows authors and creators to explore often overwhelming or controversial ideas in an approachable manner.
What is alliteration?
Use of the same letter or sound at the beginning of consecutive words or words in close proximity.
What is the effect or alliteration?
Alliteration draws attention to certain phrases or sentences. It not only draws the eye of the reader in the page, but the phrase has more emphasis when read.
What is allusion?
A way of making reference to something else without explicitly stating what it is you’re referring to.
What is the effect of allusion?
Allusion allows authors to infer meaning by creating parallels between their text and whatever it is they’re alluding to. It can also be used in the opposite manner, to create contrast between the author’s argument and their allusion.
What is anaphora?
When words (or a phrase) repeat at the beginning of consecutive sentences, clauses, or lines in poetry.
What is the effect of anaphora?
Ananphora is used like alliteration to create emphasis and draw the eye of the reader, creating rhythm and injecting emotion into the text.
What is an archetype?
An archetype is effectively a stereotype of a character or thing. It is a model around which certain character types are built (ie, a tragic hero).
What is the effect of an archetype?
Archetypes are used to build a connection between the reader and the characters in the text. It prompts feeling of familiarity which causes readers to become more emotionally invested in a text.
What is an aphorism?
A short statement about a widely accepted truth. These are often amusing or witty in nature.
What is the effect of an aphorism?
Use of aphorisms builds trsust between the reader and the writer; by making use of universal truths, the reader comes to understand the writer as trustworthy, thus increasing engagement and helping persuade them of the writer’s argument.
