Christmas Carol Language Terms Flashcards
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Alliteration
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Repetition of the same sound, usually letters in close succession
2
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Biblical
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Relating to the bible; religious connotations
3
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Catalyst
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A dramatic tool which is used to speed up the plot
4
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Didactic
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A moral message, meaning to give instructions
5
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Foreboding
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Apprehension that a bad event will occur
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Juxtaposition
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Comparing 2 concepts, characters, or clauses, in close proximity in a passage for the effect of contrast
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Oxymoron
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Two opposing terms are placed next to each other
8
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Pathetic fallacy
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A kind of personification in which human emotions are projected onto nature
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Semantic field
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A writer uses words which are linked by a theme or topic throughout a text or passage
10
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Prolepsis
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A flash forward, e.g scenes that the ghost of christmas yet to come shows scrooge
