English Terminology Flashcards by An Nakamura

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Semiology

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Sights to convey meaning

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Lexical choice

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Word choice

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Emphatic positioning

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The most important word is at the begining or end

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Irony

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Your actions and words do not say the same thing

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Antithesis

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Contrast

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Plosive

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When you say a sound with a strong sound

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Pun

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Wordplay

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Oxymoron

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Comparing two different things

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Chiaroscuro

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Light and shade

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Motif

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A recurring idea

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Sibilence

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Repeated s sounds

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Cyclical

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An idea that makes you reconsider

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Stanza

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A section in a poem

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Aspirated consonant

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Repeated h sound

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Assonance

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Continuous action

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Free verse

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No structure

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Dynamic verb

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Verbs to do with movement

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Ceasura

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Dramatic pause

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Polysyllabic word

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A word with more than one syllable

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Versimilatide

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Realism

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Enjambment

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The rest of the sentence continues on the next line

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Pathetic fallacy

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When the landscape/ weather reflect the mood