English Quiz N1 Flashcards
29/0/2024
Fiction
Stories about imaginary characters and events
Tone
The way that someone speaks or how a piece of writing sounds suggesting mood and feelings
Summarise
To explain main points of the text in a few words
Prose
The form of language found in novels and non-fiction texts that is written in paragraph rather than verse
Script
a play that is written down for actors to use
Figure
recognizable character in a story like a hero, villain, victim
Narrator
a person who tells the story
Dialogue
conversation between two or more people that is written as direct speech
Gesture
movement of hands and arms to add emphasis or to bring story to a life
Context
a situation within something that exists or happens
Audio Drama
A play that is heard rather than seen by the audience
Stage directions
Words in a script that explains to the actor what the play is about or to tell an actor how to speak or move
Theme
The main subject of talk: book, film, poem
Characteristation
The way narrator gives character’s personality
Structural features
The way text is ordered and organized
Figurative language
Words and phrases that are not defined by their basic meaning instead they have imaginary meanings that create special effect
Simile
type of figurative language that is used to compare things with like or as
Personification
a type of figurative language where object has a human personality
Alliteration
use of the same sound, especially consonants, at the beginning of several close together words
Non-fiction
writing that is based on real facts and events
Symbol
a literal object that stands for something else
End-Stopped
where a line of poetry has a full stop at the end
Enjambment
where one line of poetry continues on the line below
Caesura
a break within a line of poetry where either punctuation or the rhythm indicates a pause
Aural image
An image that appeals to the sense of hearing
Tactical image
An image that appeals to sense of touch
Visual image
An image that appeals to the sense of sight
