langauge techinques Flashcards
Allusion
an expression designed to call something to mind but without actually saying it
Ambiguity
when something is open to more than one interpretation
Asyndetic listing
leaving out one or more of the usual conjunctions between sentence elements
caesura
a pause near the middle of a line
collective noun
nouns used to describe a number of people/things
euphemism
an expression considered to be harsh when referring to something unpleasant/embarrassing
imperative mood
a grammatical mood that forms a command/request. e.g. “please be quiet”
vocative form
starting a sentence with a name
monosyllabic
a word that contains only one syllable
oxymoron
when two words next to each other have opposite meanings
protagonist
the leading character
stichomythia
dialogue in which two characters speak alternate lines of verse
superlatives
a adjective/adverb that expresses that the thing being describe has more of a particular quality than anything else
syndetic listing
words that are connected by a conjunction
syntax
the arrangement of words/phrases
