Language analysis terms Flashcards
Soliloquy and Monologue + effect?
When a character speaks to oneself and no other character can hear even if they are on stage
Effect: can be comical, allows the audience to see inside the mind of the character
Dramatic irony
When the audience is aware of something that the characters aren’t
Effect: can be comical
recurring imagery
Imagery that comes up time after time
Effect: allows the audience to tie two things together
Asides
When a character speaks to oneself and other characters can’t hear them - addressing audience usually
Effect: Comical- inside the mind of the character
Rhetoric questions
When characters ask questions that aren’t to be answered
Blason
a poetic term in which a character uses similes/metaphors etc to describe their adoration for another character
eg. “my mistress’s hair was like a fire”
Clíche
Phrases that are so overused and create a sense of cringe
Bathos
when writers tone goes from high to low- when one assumes they are talking intellectually and then the phrase flops
used for comedic effect
Apostrophe
When there is a comma in a sentence
or when a character addresses something that isn’t actually real or there
eg- O, spirit
Allusion
When the text your reading makes reference to something outside of the text itself
Aphorism
A little phrase that teaches a life lesson
eg: take care of the pennies and the pounds take care of themselves
Epithet
when a series of adjectives or one adjective describes someone’s characteristics or personality
eg Romeo and Juliet are ‘star crossed lovers’
Metaphor
a description of something in a figurative way
‘life is a box of chocolates’
Simile
when you use like or as to describe something
Hyperbole
when you describe something unrealistically
She is as big as a house
