G12 Test December 2017 Flashcards
Ellipsis
The omission from speech or writing of a word or words that are superfluous or able to be understood from contextual clues.
“by your friendship off screen …”
“at Fox and New Regency … my entire team”
Tripartite
the use of a three part sentence to emphasise a point. - “is the Holy Trinity of father, son and Holy Ghost” “I came I saw I conquered”
Asyndeton
List of words without using “and” - “This is the villain among you who deceived you, who cheated you, who meant to betray you completely…….” “See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil”
Polysyndeton
The use of several conjunctions (eg: and, but, if) in close succession, especially where some could otherwise be omitted “he ran and jumped and laughed for joy”
Colon
Precedes an explanation or a list
Climax
the most intense, exciting, or important point of something; the culmination. “she was nearing the climax of her speech”
Personification
A figure of speech in which a thing, an idea or an animal is given human attributes. The non-human objects are portrayed in such a way that we feel they have the ability to act like human beings. For example, when we say, “The sky weeps”
Anthropomorphism
the attribution of human characteristics or behaviour to a god, animal, or object.
Zoomorphim
when animal characteristics are assigned to humans. This is the opposite of anthropomorphism (when animals are described as human). My brother eats like a horse.
Oxymoron
When apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction (the same difference)
Juxtaposition
When two or more ideas, places, characters, actions are placed side by side with a comparing or contrasting effect
Antithesis
Placing sentences or parts of a sentence against another that means the opposite, in order to contrast or balance ideas
‘O, sir, content you. I follow him to serve my turn upon him. We cannot all be masters, nor all masters cannot be truly followed’
Pun
A joke made at the expense of the different meanings of a word or with words that have different meanings but sound alike
Pathetic fallacy
the attribution of human feelings and responses to inanimate things or animals, especially in art and literature.
Sensory imagery
Visual, gustatory, olfactory, aural, tactile
Gustatory imagery
Gustatory imagery, in particular, refers to imagery related to the sense of taste.
The salty sweet flavor of salt water taffy was Carrie’s very favorite thing about going to the beach for summer vacation.
Olfactory imagery
relating to, or contributing to the sense of smell
Aural imagery
Poets create responses in the reader by using aural images, which have more of an impact on our hearing then our visual sense. The most common devices used to create aural images are Alliteration, Assonance, Consonance, and Onomatopoeia.
Tactile imagery
relating to physical textures and the sense of touch ‘…Took my hand in a hard, calloused grip…’
Onomatopoeia
The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named “Pop” “Bang”
Sibilants
Sounds that begin with s, z, sh, and zh
Plosives
A plosive speech sound. The basic plosives in English are t, k, and p (voiceless) and d, g, and b(voiced).
Assonance
Two (plus) words close to one another that repeat the same vowel sound (weak and weary)
Euphony
The quality of being pleasing to the ear.
Cacophony
A harsh discordant mixture of sounds.
Tone
A quality in the voice that expresses the speaker’s feelings or thoughts, often towards the person being spoken to.
Ironic
Happening in a way contrary to what is expected, and typically causing wry amusement because of this.
Sarcasm
Marked by or given to using irony in order to mock or convey contempt.
Formal
Done in accordance with convention or etiquette; suitable for or constituting an official or important occasion.
Emotive
Emotive language pertains to word choice. Specific diction is used to evoke emotion in the reader.
Persuasive
Is used for many reasons, for example, to help to sell products or services, or to convince people to accept a view or idea. Politicians often use persuasive techniques to get their audience to agree with their views on a particular topic.
Critical/scathing
Bitterly denunciatory; harshly critical: “a scathing tract on the uselessness of war” (Pierre Brodin).
Reflective
relating to or characterized by deep thought; thoughtful.
Sonnet
In poetry, a sonnet has 14 fourteen lines and is written in iambic pentameter. Each line has 10 syllables. … Generally, sonnets are divided into different groups based on the rhyme scheme they follow.
Blank verse
Verse without rhyme, especially that which uses iambic pentameters.
Rhyme scheme
the pattern of rhymes at the end of each line of a poem or song. It is usually referred to by using letters to indicate which lines rhyme; lines designated with the same letter all rhyme with each other.
Dramatic monologue
also known as a persona poem, is a type of poetry written in the form of a speech of an individual character.
Iambic pentameter
a line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable
Parallelism
Similarity of syntactical structure of successive phrases, clauses, or sentences
Inversion
happens when we reverse (invert) the normal word order of a structure (most commonly the subject-verb word order). E.g. They are working. Inversion = Are they working?
Allusion
in which the writer or refers either directly or indirectly to a person, quote, event, or thing in history or to a work of art or literature.
Second person narration
Where the narrator tells the story to another character using the word “you”
Ballad
any light, simple song, especially one of sentimental or romantic character, having two or more short stanzas all sung to the same melody.
Free Verse
poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular rhythm
Parenthesis
an explanatory or qualifying word, clause, or sentence inserted into a passage - Bob, a great singer, was not a good dancer.
The phrase a great singer, set off by commas, is both an appositive and a parenthesis. My umbrella (which is somewhat broken) can still shield the two of us from the rain.
