In Cold Blood Terms

Question 1

An Allusion

Answer 1

an allusion is an unexplained reference to someone or something outside of the text.

Question 2

Anadiplosis

Answer 2

when a word or phrase at the end of the sentence or clause is repeated at the beginning of the next sentence or clause

Question 3

Anaphora

Answer 3

repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of several sentences or clauses

Question 4

epigraph

Answer 4

An epigraph is a short quotation, phrase, or poem that is placed at the beginning of another piece of writing to encapsulate that work’s main themes and to set the tone.

Question 5

exposition

Answer 5

Exposition is the description or explanation of background information within a work of literature.

Question 6

foreshadowing

Answer 6

Foreshadowing is a literary device in which authors hint at plot developments that don’t actually occur until later in the story.

Question 7

figurative language

Answer 7

figurative language focuses on the use of figures of speech that play with the meaning of words, such as metaphor, simile, personification, and hyperbole.

Question 8

Colloquial Language

Answer 8

speech/writing with a lack of grammar, spelling, punctuation, and usually contains slang

Question 9

External Focalisation

Answer 9

a narrative perspective where the story is told from a viewpoint outside of any character’s thoughts or feelings, presenting only observable actions and details

Question 10

Focalisation

Answer 10

focalisation is the perspective from which a story is witnessed

Question 11

Minor Sentence

Answer 11

an incomplete sentence that still makes sense

Question 12

Imagery

Answer 12

refers to descriptive language that engages the human senses:
Visual imagery (sight)
Auditory imagery (hearing)
Olfactory imagery (smell)
Gustatory imagery (taste)
Tactile imagery (touch)