fiction terminology - part 3 Flashcards
1
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asyndeton
A
a series of words or clauses in close succession without conjunctions
2
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auditory imagery
A
explaining things that appeal to the sense of hearing
3
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caricature
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exaggeration of personality, behaviour and physical appearance
4
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diatribe
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a bitter and abusive speech or piece of writing
5
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exposition
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the relay of background information
6
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media res
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when writing begins in the middle of something
7
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motif
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a repeated element with symbolic significance
8
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nostalgia
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a general interest in the past
9
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omniscient
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a narrator is all-seeing and all-knowing
10
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parentheses
A
brackets used to add extra information
11
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polysyndetic
A
repeated conjunctions use to connect words in a sentence
12
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rising action
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events that lead to the eventual climax
