Art Of The Monster Flashcards

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Allusion

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Indirect reference to something e.g. biblical allusions

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2
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Anaphora

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Repetition of word or phrase at the start of sentences

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3
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Metaphor

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Saying something is something it’s not

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4
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Pathetic fallacy

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Weather / setting depicts the mood

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5
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Personification

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Giving inanimate object human feelings and characteristics

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6
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Zoomorphism

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Gives animal attributes to non-animalistic things

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7
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Simile

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Comparing two things with like or as

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8
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Imagery

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Appeals to the 5 senses

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9
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Semantic field

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Words in a common category

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10
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Intensifier

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Emphasis another word

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11
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Minimiser

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A word used to make a adjective/verb/adverb sound lesser

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12
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Asyndetic Listing

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A list connected with commas

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13
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Oxymoron

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A phrase combining contradictory terms

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14
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Juxtaposition

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Two thing placed together to emphasise contrast

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15
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Cyclical

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End of text repeats and idea from the opening

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16
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Widening/ narrowing perspective

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Zoom in of a specific point of view

17
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Repeated motif

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Noticeably repeated word or phrase

18
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Dialogue

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Direct speach

19
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Enigma

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The mystery created in a text

20
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Rising action

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Build up before climax

21
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Climax

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Most dramatic part

22
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Perspective

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Point of view