techniques Flashcards

(41 cards)

1
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parenthesis

A

adding in extra information with dashes

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free indirect discourse

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blend the narrator’s voice with the character’s thoughts and feelings.

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3
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holophrastic sentence

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fragmented (one-worded) sentence

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4
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hyperbole

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over-exaggeration

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5
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alliteration

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the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

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6
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fricatives

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alliteration with the ‘f’ sound

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plosives

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8
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personification

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attributing human characteristics to non human things.

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9
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pathetic fallacy

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when the weather reflects to atmosphere

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triadic structure

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when a literally device is devided into three parts

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polysyndenton

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repeated use of and or conjunctions (quickens pace)

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12
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rhetorical questions

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a question that does not expect and answer

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anaphora

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repetition of a word or phrase at the start of multiple sentences or clauses.

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14
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forshadowing

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indication of future events

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15
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forboading

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negative forshadowing

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16
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bathos

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the dramatic drop of mood from something very positive to very negative (anti climatic)

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17
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sibilance

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alliteration with ‘s’ or ‘z’

18
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semantic field

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when words work together to create one idea

19
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zoomporhism

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giving something qualities of an animal

20
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dramatic irony

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when the audience know something the characters do not

21
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superlative

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words of comparison (e.d bigger)

22
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anthropomorphism

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the attribution of human characteristics or behaviour to a god, animal, or object.
or they are presented as human. e.g winnie the pooh

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modal verbs

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i will, i can, i must

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imperative verbs

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comand verbs e.g clean, cook, speak.

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what kind of word is "normally"
adverb
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gerund form
words ending in -ing (creates a sense of continuity/on going)
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quantifier
words that show the rough amount ( a bit, a lot, enough, some, many)
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anecdote
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ethos
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pathos
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logos
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paradoxical structure
two contradictory ideas
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epithet
an adjective or phrase expressing a quality or attribute regarded as characteristic of the person or thing mentioned. e.g for the british empire "empire on which the sun never sets"
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in media res
starting in the middle of action
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cyclical structure
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metatheatricality
the deliberate self-awareness a play or film displays about its own nature as theatre or drama
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oxymoron
two opposing words directly next to each other
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contrete noun
nouns that a physically reachable
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abstract noun
something you cannot see, touch, hear, smell, or taste.
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juxtaposition
the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.
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chiasmus
repeated in reverse order.