Terminology Flashcards
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Plosive alliteration
Repetition of ‘p’ and ‘b’ sounds
Sibilance
Repetition of ‘s’ or soft ‘c’ sounds
Dental alliteration
Repetition of ‘d’ and ‘t’ sounds
Guttural alliteration
Repetition of ‘g’ , ‘r’ and hard ‘c’ sounds
Fricative alliteration
Repetition of ‘f’ , ‘ph’ and ‘v’ sounds
Assonance
Repetition of vowel sounds
Adjective placed before the name of someone/thing
Epithet
Neoligism
Newly coined words or expressionisms
Dysphemism
Extremely blunt/ to the point
Sycophants
People who suck up to those in power for personal gain
Syndetic listing
Uses one conjunction
Asyndetic listing
Absence of conjunctions
Polysyndetic listing
Uses multiple conjunctions
Voyeurism
Watching someone without them knowing
Mimesis
Mimicry of language sound to word meaning (e.g. soft summer)
Malapropism
When an idiom is said incorrectly
Olfactory imagery
Smell
Gustatory imagery
Taste
Tactile imagery
Touch
Portmanteau
Putting together two pre-exisiting words to create a new one
Facetious
Trying to be funny or clever when it isn’t appropriate
Pejoration
A word’s meaning changing over time to be more derogatory
Amelioration
A word’s meaning changing over time to be better
Machiavellian
Someone cunning, manipulative and has a focus on personal gain