English Techniques

Question 1

Allegory

Answer 1

A story or narrative with two meanings, the obvious/literal and a second, usually hidden meaning that typically acts as a commentary on real world events.

Question 2

Alliteration

Answer 2

Repetition of consonants at the beginning of successive words or within sentences/phrases to create a sense of rhythm.

Question 3

Allusion

Answer 3

A subtle or passing reference to an event, person, place, text, etc. that is intended to be noticed by readers.

Question 4

Anaphora

Question 5

Ambiguity

Question 6

Analogy

Question 7

Antithesis

Question 8

Archetype

Question 9

Assonance

Question 10

Atmosphere

Question 11

Connotations

Question 12

Characterisation

Question 13

Consonance

Question 14

Contrast

Question 15

Double Entrendre

Question 16

Context

Question 17

Dramatic Irony

Question 18

Enjambment

Question 19

Eyphemism

Question 20

Emotive Language

Question 21

Exclamation

Question 22

Foil

Question 23

Foreshadowing

Question 24

Form

Question 25

Idiom

Question 26

Fractured Sentences

Question 27

Figurative Language

Question 28

Hyperbole

Question 30

Icons

Question 31

Imagery

Question 32

Irony

Question 33

Onomatopoeia

Question 34

Language Choices

Question 35

Intertextuality

Question 36

Metaphor

Question 37

Oxymoron

Question 38

Juxtaposition

Question 39

Metonymy

Question 40

Setting

Question 41

Modality

Question 42

Parallels

Question 43

Simile

Question 44

Omission

Question 45

Motifs

Question 46

Mood/Tone

Question 47

Pathetic Fallacy

Question 48

Sound Devices

Question 49

Theme

Question 50

Personification

Question 51

Rhetorical Question

Question 53

Symbolism

Question 54

Sibilance

Question 55

Syntax (sentence structure)