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Flashcards by Lena van Zyl, updated more than 1 year ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Alliteration | > Repeating the same first letter, sound or group of sounds in a series of words. |
| Assonance | > The repetition of vowel sounds to create a rhyme within phrases/sentences. |
| Consonance | > The repetition of consonant sounds within a phrase/sentence. > These are mainly the end sounds of a phrase/sentence. E.g. Sword - Lord Bat - Cat |
| Onomatopoeia | > Describes/imitation a natural sound or the sound made by an object/action. E.g. snap, boom, smack. |
| Phonology | > The way words sound. |
| Syllables | > The use of splitting up words into speech sounds. |
| Simile | > The use of the words 'as' or 'like' to suggest two things are alike. E.g. busy as a bee. |
| Metaphor | > A figure of speech that says that one thing is another different thing. |
| Personification | > Where animals or objects are given human characteristics. |
| Symbolism | > Something that is used to represent something else. > An object that represents a concept. |
| Parallelism | > Words or phrases that express a similar idea or an equal importance. |
| Empathy | > Understanding and sharing the emotions another feels. |
| Pathetic fallacy | > Using human emotions for inanimate objects or the weather. |
| Irony | > The use of words, characters or plot developments to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its actual/literal meaning. |
| Figurative language | > Simile > Metaphors > Personification > Alliteration > Onomatopoeia > Hyperbole > Idioms >Cliches |
| Monologue | > A speech delivered by one person that the other characters can hear. |
| Dramatic tension | > Tension/suspence created through characters, settings, plot developments ect. > It grips the audience and is, normally, used as the climax of the story. |
| Dramatic irony | > This is where the audience knows more than the characters. |
| Antagonist | > The character that opposes the protagonist. E.g. normally seen as the baddie. |
| Tragedy | > Where the main character is exposed to sorrow or ruin. > Where the plot doesn't work out the way the character wants it to go. |
| Epiphany | > A sudden realisation. |
| Register | > The formality of the text. |
| Retrospective narrative | > The story being told is not happening at the same time the narrator is telling it. |
| Repeated motif | > Something significant that is repeated - like an idea, subject ect. > It is often symbolic. |
| Verbal irony | > Sarcasm. |
| Tone | > The author's attitudes towards a subject. |
| Imagery | > The use of figurative language to represent objects, actions and ideas in a way that creates a vivid picture in the reader's mind. |
| Protagonist | > The main character - the hero/heroine. |
| Exposition | > The beginning of the story; it introduces the settings, plot, characters ect. |
| Proxemics | > The characters' physical position on stage. > The distance between characters. |
| Juxtaposition | > The use of putting characters, ideas, themes, phrases, words or settings side by side to either compare, contrast, use for suspense or as a rhetorical effect. |
| Situational irony | > A situation where actions have the opposite effect from what is expected/intended. |
| Pathos | > A great feeling of sadness felt by the audience. |
| Plot | > The overall/main story that consists of the main themes, characters ect. |
| Sub-plot | > Has the same characteristics as the main plot, but it isn't central. |
| Extended metaphor | > A comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout the story in speech or setting, ect. |
| Soliloquy | > A long speech that is spoken to the audience; not any other characters. |
| Complication | > The catalyst/event that makes the story tense or adds tension to the once peaceful plot. |
| Denouement | > The unraveling of the climax/story plot. |
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