ENGLISH Flashcards
Oxymoron
an oxymoron compares two completely different things by placing them side by side
Q … big, beautiful, terrible town. Whats the effect
this oxymoron helps to create contrast between the perspectives of different people
Juxtaposition
opposite things
Imagery
An effect of different techniques that sets the scene and describs things.
5 types of imagery
Gustatory
Tactile
Olfactory
auditory
visual
first person
I, me
Anaphora
repeating words at the at the beginning of a clause
Inclusive language
2nd person
Listing
listing multiple things in a row
Conjunction
and, so, then
disjunction
but, yet, or
Cumulative detail
when description builds up
antithesis
goes against what people most often think
Truncated sentences
short, incomplete sentences
comparative language
juxtaposition, oxymoron, antithesis, contrast, simile, metaphor, personification, zoomorphism, anthropomorphism.
anthropomorphism
giving an animal human features
zoomorphism
giving a human animal features
coda
the moral message of the text
pathetic fallacy
using nature to be symbolic of human emotions.
pastiche
weaving in and crafting a layer of different things
kinaesthetic imagery
when you get immersed in all senses
multi-sensory imagery
attacks multiple senses
lexical field
a paragraph of words all connected to each other
allusion
refer to something real
interjection
- dash in the writing
idiom
a figure of speech that has been made to represent something else
