Language Features Flashcards
Alliteration
Repetition of the same sound, usually letters in close succession.
Allusion
An inderect reference to a concept or theme without explicit mention
Anaphora
A word which refers to a previously used word
Antitthesis
Rhetroical device where contrasting concepts are placed together in a text typically a sentence, to highligjt how opposite they are.
Asyndetic listing
A list broken up by commas rather than conjunctions like and.
Auditory Imagery
Language which appeals to readers hearing.
Biblical
Relating to the bible; religious connotations
Catalyst
A dramatic tool which is used to speed up the plot
Colloquialism
An informal phrase common at its time of utterance
Didactic
A moral message meaning to give instructions
Dramric irony
When the audience knows information which the character does not know
Epitome
The perfect/ultimate embodiment of quality
Foreboding
Apprehinsion that a bad event will occur
Foreshadowing
An indication that an event will occur later in the narrative
Hyperbole
Use of excaggerated statements
