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Terms - Analysis

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Simile

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Highlights similarities between two things, creating vivid imagery or emphasizing a key quality.

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Metaphor

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Creates strong imagery, conveys complex emotions or ideas in a compact form.

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Personification

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Brings inanimate objects or abstract ideas to life, making the text more relatable or vivid.

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Alliteration

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Draws attention to specific phrases, creates rhythm or mood.

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Assonance

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Creates internal rhyme, enhances the musical quality of the text.

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Onomatopoeia

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Brings the scene to life by mimicking real sounds, engaging the reader’s senses.

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Hyperbole

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Emphasizes a point, evokes strong emotions or humour.

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Oxymoron

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Creates tension, highlights conflicting emotions or situations.

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Juxtaposition

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Highlights differences, creates tension or irony.

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Symbolism

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Adds depth to meaning, links objects or ideas to broader themes.

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Irony

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Highlights contrast between appearance and reality, adds humour or critique.

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Rhetorical Question

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Engages the reader, makes them reflect on the issue being raised.

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Imagery

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Paints vivid pictures, immerses the reader in the scene or emotion.

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Foreshadowing

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Builds suspense, creates expectations for the reader.

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Tone

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Reveals emotions or opinions, shapes the reader’s emotional response.

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Mood

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Influences how the reader feels, complements the themes.

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Repetition

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Reinforces key ideas, builds tension or creates rhythm.

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Colloquialism

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Makes the text more relatable, reflects character or setting.

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Dialogue

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Reveals character traits, advances the plot, or adds realism.

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Anecdote

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Adds credibility, makes the text more engaging or personal.

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Sibilance

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Creates a hissing effect, evokes calm, menace, or tension.

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Allusion

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Connects the current text to broader ideas or themes, adds depth.

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Flashback

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Provides background information, develops characters or themes.

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Euphemism

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Softens the impact of harsh realities, creates understatement.

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Climax

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Builds to a peak of action or emotion, grabs the reader’s attention.

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Antithesis

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Highlights the differences, creates emphasis or drama.

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Emotive Language

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Evokes specific emotions, influences how the reader feels.

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First-Person Narration

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Creates intimacy, lets the reader experience the character’s thoughts.

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Third-Person Narration

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Provides a broader view of the events or characters.

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Motif

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Reinforces themes or ideas throughout the text.

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Pathetic Fallacy

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Mirrors the emotional tone, sets the mood.

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Anaphora

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Creates emphasis, builds momentum or emotional intensity.

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Epistrophe

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Stresses a point, creates rhythm or emphasis.

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In Medias Res

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Engages the reader immediately, creates intrigue or urgency.

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Foil

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Highlights key traits of the main character by contrast.

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Monologue

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Reveals the character”s thoughts, emotions, or motivations.

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Soliloquy

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Provides insight into the character’s inner thoughts.

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Pun

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Adds humour, highlights double meanings or clever wordplay.

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Cliché

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Can reveal laziness in thought or reflect common attitudes.

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Tension

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Builds anticipation, keeps the reader engaged.

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Ellipsis

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Creates suspense or indicates unfinished thoughts.

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Tricolon

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Adds rhythm, emphasizes key points, memorable.

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Polyptoton

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Highlights different meanings or nuances of the same word.

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Connotation

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Adds layers of meaning, influences how the reader interprets the text.

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Syntax

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Affects tone, pace, and emphasis within a sentence.

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Polysyndeton

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Creates a sense of overwhelming, slows down the pace.

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Asyndeton

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Speeds up the pace, creates a sense of urgency or impact.

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Derogatory

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Creates a negative tone, emphasizes contempt or judgment, may reveal character attitudes.

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Cumulative Listing

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Creates a sense of abundance or overwhelming detail, draws attention to the extent of something.

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Contrast

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Highlights differences, emphasizes conflict, adds drama or tension.

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Collective Pronouns

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Fosters unity or inclusivity, creates a sense of shared responsibility or identity.

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Characterisation

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Reveals character traits, motivations, or changes, helps to build empathy or distance.

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Diction

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Affects tone, mood, and clarity, reveals the writer’s or character’s style.

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Ethos

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Builds trust, makes the argument more persuasive by establishing authority.

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Jargon

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Can show expertise or alienate readers, adds realism to specific fields.

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Logos

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Persuades through logical argumentation, appeals to rationality.

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Modality

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Reveals the speaker’s confidence or doubt, impacts the level of assertiveness.

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Pathos

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Evokes an emotional response, creates empathy or sympathy.

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Paradox

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Encourages deeper thinking, highlights complex or ironic truths.

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Plosives

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Creates emphasis, can add aggression, abruptness, or tension to the tone.

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Sensory Imagery

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Engages the reader’s senses, immerses them in the scene.

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Truncated Sentences

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Creates tension, urgency, or abruptness, can reflect a character’s emotional state.

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Zoomorphism

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Conveys primal instincts, suggests power, aggression, or vulnerability.

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Anadiplosis

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Creates emphasis and links ideas together, builds momentum.

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Asyndeton

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Speeds up the rhythm, creates urgency, emphasizes action.

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Epigraph

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Sets the tone, introduces key themes, adds depth through intertextual reference.

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Hyperbaton

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Creates emphasis on specific words, alters the rhythm or flow.

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Hypophora

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Engages the reader, allows the writer to guide the argument, reinforces key points.

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Metonymy

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Adds symbolic meaning, makes connections between ideas or concepts.

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Synaesthesia

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Blends sensory experiences, creates a richer, more vivid description.

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Synecdoche

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Emphasizes a key part of something, adds symbolism, creates concise imagery.

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Circular Structure

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Creates a sense of completeness, emphasizes the inevitability or cyclical nature of events.

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