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- 1ContrastIt allows you to see two or more conflicting side of something like a visual or verbal text or an argument. It gives someone a general comparison.
- 2Symbolismis the practice or art of using an object or a word to represent an abstract idea. An action, person, place, word, or object can all have a symbolic meaning. When an author wants to suggest a certain mood or emotion, he can also use symbolism to hint at it, rather than just blatantly saying it.
- 3MetaphorSaying something is something else.
eg. The children were angels - 4OnomatopeoiaSaying sounds eg. Boom! Pow!
- 5Sensory ImagerySensory Imagery is a writing technique based on the five
senses. Using verbs to describe what is seen, heard, felt,
smelled, and tasted draws the reader into the story. In the
setting, this technique helps the reader to feel transported into
the place where the story takes place by helping the reader to
feel, hear, see, smell what the main character does. - 6ApocalypseThe time after a terrible accident.
- 7AmplifiesMakes something bigger
- 8MalcontentsDissatisfied with existing conditions. A chronically dissatisfied person. One who rebels against the established system
- 9Assonanceis the repetition of vowel sounds to create internal rhyming within phrases or sentences
- 10AlliterationIn language, alliteration is the repetition of a particular sound in the prominent lifts (or stressed syllables) of a series of words or phrases.
- 11SibilanceThe alliteration of the letter 's'
- 12StanzaA division in a poem-a unit within a poem. It can also be called a verse
- 13RhymeUsing the same sounds…., rhyme often supports the rhythm as well as drawing attention to important words
- 14Personificationpersonification is when a writer gives human qualities to an inanimate or non-human thing. Personification is usually found in verbs (doing words)
- 15ObjectiveSomething that one's efforts or actions are intended to attain or accomplish; purpose; goal; target; the purpose
- 16Subjectivea mental act performed entirely within the mind
- 17Colloquialcharacteristic of informal spoken language or conversation
- 18Poignantpainfully affecting the feelings
- 19Pathetic Fallacywhen the weather or the outside elements represent the mood or personality of the characters.
- 20IronyThe use of words that is the opposite of its literal or expected meaning.
- 21Devoidabsent or none
- 22OminousDark, menacing, sinister, foreboding, frightening force that is yet to come.
- 23SettingThe setting of a story is where the story is told. It can be in the future, in the past or in the present. It can be in a foreign land, or it can be in your own country. Great stories will often use the setting of the story to reflect or mirror what is happening. This way, greater meaning can be generated or made.
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