grade 9 techniques/a-level Flashcards
Polysyndeton
Repetition of conjunctions within a sentence e.g He was hungry and tired and saddened and depressed with nobody to care for him
Causes the reader to slow down and draws attentions to adjectives
Intensifies the occurrences of within the story by the fast-pace description
Asyndeton
Omission of conjunctions within a sentence e.g The man bought apples,oranges,bananas,Kool-Aid,chocolate,jellies and onions.
This increases the pace of the story and creates a flowing pace as the reader becomes more interested.
Homeoteluton
The repetition of words with a similar ending. She swiftly,slyly,suavely,silently tip-toed across the room
The slightly rhythmic language device reflects the manner in which a character is carrying out an action
Synaesthasia
Mixture of two senses e.g The smell was oozing rapidly from the bus.
Intensifies the experience that the character is feeling. Adds an overwhelming feeling to the happening.
Litotes
Making something appear as if it’s not as bad as it actually is with negating the contrary. E.g I’m not as young as I used to be
Demonstrates an insecurity the character feels and allows the reader to gain more of an understanding about who the reader is.
Anaphora
Repetition of words at the beginning of a sentence or clause. E.g Romeo,Romeo wherefore art thou Romeo
This draws attention to a specific word and in this case, it demonstrates the longing for Romeo.
Epanadiplosis
The repetition of a word at the beginning and end of a sentence. E.g Romeo,Romeo wherefore art thou Romeo.
Draws attention to a specific word
Cyclic structure within a sentence clearly demonstrates what the author wants the reader to focus on
Anadiplosis
The word that is used to end a sentence/clause is used in the beginning of the next sentence/clause. E.g I see happiness, happiness in totality.
Brings attention to a specific word
Zeugma
The same attributes to describe two things. E.g John’s milk and passport expired last week
Emphasised a theme that runs throughout the characters life and may foreshadow future events.
Situational Irony
occurs when the outcome of a work is unexpected, or events turn out to be the opposite from what one had expected
Paradox
A statement that may be true but seems to say two opposite things
Synecdoche
A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole (as hand for sailor), the whole for a part (as the law for police officer), the specific for the general (as cutthroat for assassin), the general for the specific (as thief for pickpocket), or the material for the thing made from it (as steel for sword).
Synecdoche
A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole (as hand for sailor), the whole for a part (as the law for police officer), the specific for the general (as cutthroat for assassin), the general for the specific (as thief for pickpocket), or the material for the thing made from it (as steel for sword).
Metonymy
substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in ‘they counted heads’)
Archaic language
words that are no longer used in everyday use
