language techniques Flashcards
just to know off the top pf your heads ;)
what is a simile?
a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (e.g. as brave as a lion ).
what is medias res?
the technique in which a poem is opened during an action or event rather than at the start.
what is a metaphor?
a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable (e.g. the mouth of death ).
what is personification?
the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something non-human, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form (e.g. the trees waved in the wind).
what is dramatic irony?
the technique in which the audience or reader know something that the characters do not.
what is sibilance?
a literary device where strongly stressed consonants are created deliberately by producing air from vocal tracts through the use of lips and tongue, usually with the letter ‘s’ or soft ‘c’ in order to create a hissing sound.
what is anaphora?
the repetition of word or expression at the beginning of phrases, expressions or sentences for memorical effect.
what is assonance?
when the same vowel sound appears in the same place in a series of words.
what is a caesura?
a pause in the middle of a line, marked by punctuation.
what is imagery?
figurative language or similes, metaphors or personification to create a clear image.
what is enjambment?
running a line of poetry into the next line.
what is a rhyme scheme?
the ordered pattern of rhymes at the end of the lines in a poem or verse.
what is a narrator?
a person who narrates something, especially a character or someone recounting the events of a novel or poem.
what is a stanza?
a group of lines forming a basic recurring metrical unit in a poem (like a paragraph).
what is pace?
how fast or slow ideas or themes in a poem move.
