Terminology

Question 1

Syntactic parallelism?

Answer 1

Repetition of the same word/phrase/idea throughout a sentence.

Question 2

Hyperbole?

Answer 2

Exaggeration.

Question 3

Alliteration?

Answer 3

Repetition of the same first letter of a word.

Question 4

Sibilance?

Answer 4

Repetition of words beginning with ‘s’.

Question 5

Assonance?

Answer 5

Repetition of vowel sounds. Eg cow cloud and down.

Question 6

Anaphora?

Answer 6

Repetition of a word at the start of a line.

Question 7

Simile?

Answer 7

Comparing using like or as.

Question 8

Metaphor?

Answer 8

Direct comparison to something using is.

Question 9

Personification?

Answer 9

Giving an object human qualities.

Question 10

Onomatopoeia?

Answer 10

Noises written down.

Question 11

Rhetorical Questions?

Answer 11

Questions where an answer isn’t needed.

Question 12

Exclamatives?

Answer 12

Sentence ending in an exclamation mark.

Question 13

Interrogatives?

Answer 13

Sentences ending in question marks.

Question 14

Declarative?

Answer 14

Non negotiable sending that ends with punctuation. Statement. Declare.

Question 15

Imperative?

Answer 15

Commands.

Question 16

Euphemism?

Answer 16

Less harsh. Obviously underplaying. Can be humorous.

Question 17

Anecdote?

Answer 17

Short personal story.

Question 18

Cliché?

Answer 18

Overused.

Question 19

Juxtaposition?

Answer 19

Two opposing ideas/things places close together with contrasting effect.

Question 20

Paradox?

Answer 20

Opposites within a sentence.

Question 21

Antithesis?

Answer 21

Opposites. Eg antithesis of your sibling. Antithically.

Question 22

Oxymoron?

Answer 22

Two opposing words. Eg bitter sweet.

Question 23

Colloquialism?

Answer 23

Everyday language.

Question 24

Jargon?

Answer 24

Slang - Colloquialism - Jargon

Specialised language used by a profession or group that may be difficult to understand by others.

Question 25

Nuance?

Answer 25

The connotations/ideas behind a word. Eg red - death or danger.

Question 26

Dialect?

Answer 26

How something is said.

Question 27

Irony?

Answer 27

Deliberately contrary to what one expects.

Question 28

Caesura?

Answer 28

Punctuation breaking up a sentence.

Question 29

Enjambment?

Answer 29

No punctuation and the lines roll onto each other.

Question 30

Anthropomorphism?

Answer 30

Animals are given human qualities.

Question 31

Zoomorphism?

Answer 31

Animal attributes/features are imposed on non-animal things.

Question 32

Bathos?

Answer 32

Anticlimax creates by an unintentional lapse in mood. | Synonyms - let-down.

Question 33

Pathos?

Answer 33

A quality that evokes pity or sadness.

Question 34

Pun?

Answer 34

A play on words.

Question 35

Lexis?

Answer 35

The total stock of words in a language.

Question 36

Syntax?

Answer 36

The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.

Question 37

Lexical field?

Answer 37

A group of words that are similar/add to an idea/related in meaning.

Question 38

Semantics?

Answer 38

The meaning of a word/phrase or text.

Question 39

Monosyllabic?

Answer 39

Words consisting of only one syllable. Signifies reluctance to engage in conversation.

Question 40

Polysyllabic?

Answer 40

Words having more than one syllable.

Question 41

Explicit?

Answer 41

Stated clearly.

Question 42

Implicit?

Answer 42

Suggested though not directly expressed.

Question 43

Plodive letter?

Answer 43

Strong sounding letters.

Question 44

Fricative F?

Answer 44

Air moving through the moth creates audible friction.

Question 45

Nasal ‘M’ and ‘N’?

Answer 45

Allows air to escape freely through the nose.

Question 46

Satire?

Answer 46

Use of humour to criticise people’s stupidity or vices.

Question 47

Asyndetic listing?

Answer 47

Listing without and.

Question 48

Syndetic listing?

Answer 48

Listing with and.

Question 49

Pre-modifier?

Answer 49

A word placed before the word it modifies. Eg It’s a beautiful day.

Question 50

Acronym?

Answer 50

An abbreviation formed from the initial letters of other words and pronounced as a word. Eg NASA.

Question 51

Anadiplosis?

Answer 51

The repetition of a words or words in successive clashes. The second clause starts with the same word that ends the first clause.

Question 52

Hypophora?

Answer 52

When the writer poses a question and the answers the question.

Question 53

Neologism?

Answer 53

A newly coined word or expression.

Question 54

Anagnorisis?

Answer 54

The critical moment of recognition or discovery.

Question 55

Stichomythia?

Answer 55

Dialogue in which two characters speak alternate lines of verse.

Question 56

Protagonist?

Answer 56

The leading character.

Question 57

Antagonist?

Answer 57

Someone who actively opposed to someone or something.

Question 58

Epizeuxis?

Answer 58

Repetition of the same word in succession within the same sentence.

Question 59

Diacope?

Answer 59

The repetition of a word or phrase broken up by one or more intervening word.

Question 60

Epistrophe?

Answer 60

Repetition at the end of a sentence.

Question 61

Polysyndetic listing?

Answer 61

When several coordinating conjunctions are used in succession in order to achieve an artistic effect.

Question 62

Foreshadowing?

Answer 62

Hinting something that may happen later on in the text.

Question 63

The colts?

Answer 63

Turning point - changes the theme. ‘But’ changes the direction of the text.

Question 64

In medias res?

Answer 64

In the middle of the narrative.

Question 65

Pathetic fallacy?

Answer 65

Nature and the weather mirrors people’s emotions or the mood of the story. Attributing human emotion.