Extract Techniques Flashcards
1
Q
Antithesis
A
Opposites of words or phrases - “Spirit of health or goblin damned”
Heightens tension
2
Q
Broken line
A
Fewer than expected syllables in a line
Implies stress and short of breath
3
Q
Caesura
A
Break/ pause mid line
Allows words to sink in
4
Q
Enjambed line
A
Line carries over and allows metre to continue
Shows manic or great emotion
5
Q
Feminine ending
A
Ends on a weak stress
Denotes uncertainty
6
Q
Rhyming couplet
A
Shows strength and certainty or maybe unity
7
Q
Allegory
A
Something acting symbolically for a wider meaning
8
Q
Meiosis
A
Figure of speech intending to demote the importance of something
9
Q
Assonance
A
Repetition of a same sound
10
Q
Sibilance
A
Consonants create S sound of the emptying of the lungs
11
Q
Oedipal
A
When a son has a deeper (maybe sexual) interest in their mother
