Extended Language Techniques #2

Question 1

Term

Answer 1

Definition

Question 2

Rhetorical Question

Answer 2

Question posed for effect, not requiring an answer.

Question 3

Repetition

Answer 3

Repeating words or phrases for emphasis.

Question 4

Appeals

Answer 4

Persuasive strategies in rhetoric (ethos, pathos, logos).

Question 5

Triadic Structure

Answer 5

Grouping words in threes for effect.

Question 6

Soliloquy

Answer 6

A speech given by a character alone on stage.

Question 7

Monologue

Answer 7

Extended speech by one character.

Question 8

Dialogue

Answer 8

Conversation between characters.

Question 9

Aside

Answer 9

A remark made to the audience or oneself, unheard by others on stage.

Question 10

Direct Characterisation

Answer 10

The author directly describes a character.

Question 11

Indirect Characterisation

Answer 11

Traits revealed through actions, speech, or thoughts.

Question 12

Foil

Answer 12

A character who contrasts with another, often the protagonist.

Question 13

Antithesis

Answer 13

Opposite ideas in a parallel structure.

Question 14

Motif

Answer 14

A recurring theme or idea.

Question 15

Theme

Answer 15

Central idea or underlying message.

Question 16

Moral

Answer 16

A lesson or message conveyed.

Question 17

Verbal Irony

Answer 17

When what is said contrasts with what is meant.

Question 18

Situational Irony

Answer 18

When the expected outcome is opposite of what happens.

Question 19

Ambiguity

Answer 19

Open to multiple interpretations.

Question 20

Enjambment

Answer 20

A line of poetry flows into the next without pause.

Question 21

Caesura

Answer 21

A pause within a line of poetry.

Question 22

Anaphora

Answer 22

Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive lines.

Question 23

Epistrophe

Answer 23

Repetition at the end of successive phrases.

Question 24

Pathos, Logos, Ethos

Answer 24

Emotional (pathos), logical (logos), and ethical (ethos) appeals in rhetoric.

Question 25

Allusion

Answer 25

An indirect reference to a well-known event, person, or work.

Question 26

Pathetic Fallacy

Answer 26

Attributing human emotions to nature or inanimate objects, often reflecting mood.