Knowledge Builder #1 Flashcards
Meaning of anaphora and an example
A technique where several phrases or words that are repeatedly used
E.g. Every move
Every word
Every sentence
Meaning of ecphonesis and an example
It is an exclamatory phrase used to express sudden emotion it is most commonly used in poems, dramas and songs
E.g. “O, the times” Roman orator Cicero
Meaning of asyndeton and an example
It is the intentional underuse of conjunctions in a sentence
E.g. “Veni, vidi, vici” -Caesar
(I came, I saw, I conquered)
Meaning of a inciting incident
It is an event at the beginning of the story that disrupts the protagonist’s life and sets the plot into motion
Meaning of the bildungsroman genre and an example of a book with this genre
It is a novel about the moral and phycological growth of the protagonist
E.g. To Kill a Mockingbird
What is an unreliable narrator?
It is a narrator that is a character and their telling of the story is not completely credible and distorts the truth. It is usually in 1st person.
Meaning of an assonance and an example
It is the repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words
E.g. Chip and Dip
Meaning of epitome and an example
It is the typical or ideal example
E.g. She is the epitome of elegance.
Meaning of pathos, ethos and logos
Emotion, Credibility and Logic
Meaning of hamartia and an example
It is the character flaw or error that of a hero that leads to their downfall
E.g. Romeo and Juliet- impulsive decisions
Meaning of a lexical field and an example
It is a group of words that belong to the same word class and have close meanings
E.g. cost, tariff, price, expensive
Meaning of a connotation and a denotation and an example
Denotation is the dictionary definition of a word while a connotation is subjective and carries an emotion or cultural association
E.g. Mob, A lot of people and an angry crowd
