english vocabulary Flashcards
comments on language, tone or form
stichomythia
dialogue in which two characters speak alternate lines of verse, used as a stylistic device in ancient Greek drama -used to comment on plays
plosive
hard sounding consonants
t, k, and p (voiceless) and d, g, and b (voiced)
paralinguistics
Some examples of paralanguage features include intonation, tempo, volume, pitch, and non-fluency features (such as filler words and sounds, false starts, and hesitation). Also can be movements - usually used in plays
antagonist
opposes to protagonist
epistolary
written in a letter format
colloquial
informal/familiar language
personification
the attribution of human characteristic to an inanimate object
repetition
the repeat of something
emotive language
language that inspires emotion
onomatopoeia
a sound
alliteration
the same sound appearing in words
hyperbole
exaggeration
imperative verbs
orders eg do this!
inference
a conclusion reached from implicit information
form
the type of text eg novel, play, newspaper…
linear structure
a story set in a chronological order
power of three/tricolon
listing in three for emphasis
motif
a recurring image or idea (eg bloof in Macbeth)
objective writing
something written without bias or opinions
satire
a style or writing which often mocks people by overexaggerating their flaws (Pride and Prejudice is often satirical)
theme
a common idea
anastrophe
inversion of the usual order of a sentence
asyndeton
omission of conjunctions such as ‘and, or, but’ within a list
—> seen in warming her pearls ‘wear them, warm them’
