Flashcards
Tension Devices
Cards in this deck (30)
- 1Pathetic fallacyThe weather represents emotion/evokes the atmosphere
- 2Ellipsis...
- 3Fiction hooksThe literary device whereby you hook the reader's attention and intrigue them enough so that they'll keep reading.
- 4Sentence StructureUse Sentence structure to show pace
- 5TriplingPutting lists in 3's
- 6RepetitionRepeating something that has already been said or written
- 7OnomatopoeiaA word that sounds like the thing it is describing
- 8Metonymy of gloom and horrorObjects are used to stand for something else that evokes gloom and horror
- 9Withholding informationWhen info is withheld from the reader
- 10Powerful adjectivesDescribing something in a vivid, powerful way
- 11Show don’t tellA type of withholding info - Describing what will happen without giving away the answer. Make the reader work it out.
- 12Red herringsA clue or piece of information which is or is intended to be misleading or distracting.
- 13Changing perspectivesSwitching from different people/things. 1st person/omniscient narrator
- 14Changing pronouns to add mysteryUsed to replace a verb and make the sentence more interesting. It also withholds information. [he, she, they, none, which]
- 15Releasing tension with sarcasm to lull into false sense of securityBuilding up tension to a moment and then dropping all the tension
- 16Varied punctuationVarying punctuation to change pace
- 17Dropping cluesDropping clues about what is going to happen
- 18AlliterationThe occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
- 19Changing moodChanging the mood + emotion
- 20Cliff hangersA dramatic and exciting ending to a piece of writing, leaving the reader in suspense
- 21Interruptions in speechCharacters interrupt speech, cutting the other off.
- 22FlashbacksA scene in a film, novel, etc. set in a time earlier than the main story.
- 23Short paragraphsLike short sentences, it changes the pace of the story
- 24Non-linear narrativeWhere a story doesn't follow the traditional beginning > middle > end format.
- 25Changing font/italics/boldChanging the appearance of the text to create tension and change the pace
- 26ImagerySimiles, Metaphors, Personification, Anthropomorphism
- 27Directly addressing the readerTalking to the reader only and no body else to create tension
- 28Twists in the storyBuilding up and then releasing tension
- 29Rhetorical QuestionsA question that isn't meant to be answered
- 30Stammering in speechCan show fear and make the reader want to know what the character is saying to build tension
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- KS4 (GCSE) Year 8 (English) Flashcards on Tension Devices, created by Oliver H on 08/05/2014.
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- Oliver H · May 2014
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