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Language Techniques (Also For Language Creative Writing) Flashcards

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Sibilance technique

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Repetition of ‘s’ sounds

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Plosives technique

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Sounds that are generally associated with letters p, t, k, b, d, g

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Asyndetic / syndetic tetracolon/ tricolon technique

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Asyndetic tricolon: list of 3 words without any conjunction
Syndetic tricolon: list of 3 words with conjunctions

Asyndetic tetracolon: list of 4 words without any conjunction
Syndetic tetracolon: list of 4 words with conjunctions

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Emotive verb/adjective/noun technique

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Verb/adjective/noun that conveys an emotion
Example “cried”

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Ambiguity technique

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Method of storytelling in which writers purposefully write in a vague or ambiguous manner to add a layer of complexity

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Humour technique

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Makes audiences laugh, or that intends to induce amusement or laughter

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Black humour technique

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Making amusement from particularly subjects that are normally considered serious or painful to discuss

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Modal verbs technique

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Verb that shows possibility
Example: could, would, might

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Simile technique

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Comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid
Example: as brave as a lion

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Metaphor technique

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Describes something by saying it’s something else
Example: he was a goal scoring machine

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Gothic trope technique

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Examples:
Crows or ravens, bats, howling wolves, clanking chains
Secret passages, tunnels
Crumbling, decaying ruins of church or state, orphanages

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Assonance technique

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Same or similar vowel sound is repeated

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Consonance technique

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Uses sounds of similar consonants in words, a sentence or phrase

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Superlative words technique

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Words used to describe a noun when comparing it to two or more nouns to the highest or lowest degree
Example: Biggest, smallest

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Verbs technique

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Conveys an action, an occurrence, or a state of being
Example: Eating

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Epistrophe technique

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Punctuation splitting the sentence evenly in half

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Kinaesthetic language technique

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Conveys a lot of movement

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Olfactory language technique

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Language associated with sense of smell

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Tactile language technique

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Language associated with sense of touch

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Gustatory language technique

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Language associated with sense of taste

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Auditory language technique

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Language associated with sense of hearing

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Visual language technique

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Language associated with sense of seeing

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Utopia technique

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Employs its playfulness in a pretty systematic way

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Dystopia technique

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Exaggerated worst-case scenario, make a criticism about a current trend, societal norm, or political system

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Fricative sounds technique

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Alliteration of a consonant sound, such as f or v

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Juxtaposition / sharp juxtaposition technique

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2 contrasting things placed directly next to each other

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Bathos technique

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Sharp anticlimax

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Dehumanification technique

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Where a characters human identity is removed

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Collective pronoun / pronoun technique

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Names something that has many members or parts
Eg. we, our

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Comparative words technique

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Example: brighter and harder

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Imperative verbs technique

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Verbs that give a command to the person being addressed

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Questioning technique

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Where questions are asked

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Anthropomorphism technique

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Attributes human characteristics to non-human entities, like animals and plants, or inanimate objects, like stars or machines

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Deification technique

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When an idea is made to appear holy or sacred

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Objectification technique

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Gives an idea physical properties, for example by using close metaphors like the ‘mind as a computer’

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Zoomorphism technique

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Assign animal qualities to a non-animal subject, like a human being, inanimate object, or idea

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Personification technique

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Emphasise a non-human’s characteristics by describing them with human attributes

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Gerund verb technique

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ing verbs
Example: eating

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Abstract noun technique

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Nouns that cannot be quantified
Examples: Love, concept, experience, courage, judgement, probability, freedom and soul

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Hyperbole technique

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Rhetorical and literary technique where an author or speaker intentionally uses exaggeration and overstatement for emphasis and effect

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Melodrama technique (for plays only)

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Uses exaggeration and stereotyped characters to appeal to the audience’s emotions

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Short snappy sentence type (and stichomithia for plays)

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Sentence under 3 words

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Long breathless sentence type

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Very long sentence: around 15 words long

Quote in essays with 3 words at the start, ellipses(…), and 3 words the end

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Complex sentence type

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Made up of a main clause and a subordinate clause connected to each other with a subordinating conjunction

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Monosyllabic sentence type

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1 word sentence, such as:
“Yes.”
‘’No.’’

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Anacoluthon sentence type

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When a speaker begins a sentence in a way that implies a certain logical resolution and then ends it differently

“I will have such revenges on you both, That all the world shall―I will do such things, What they are, yet I know not.”

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Chiasmus sentence type

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Two-part sentence or phrase, where the second part is a mirror image of the first
Example: “foul is fair and fair is foul”

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Imagery of … sentence type

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Exclamative sentence type

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Exclamatory sentence, also known as an exclamation sentence or an exclamative clause, is a statement that expresses strong emotion. It ends with an exclamation mark. (!)

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Iambic pentameter sentence type

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Each line has five sets of two beats, the first beat is unstressed and the second beat is stressed.
E.g. “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?”
Used to mimic heartbeat

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Aposiopesis (for plays)

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Portrays its users as overcome with passion (fear, anger, excitement) or modesty.
To mark the occurrence of aposiopesis with punctuation, an em-rule (—) or an ellipsis (…) may be used.

Eg. “Get out, or else—!”

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Lexical field

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Words used in a text that relate to each other

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Reverse pschycology

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Example: better to ask for the earth than to take the earth

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Extended metaphor

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When a whole sentence acts like a metaphor.

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Factual language

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Plain facts spoken in the play or narrative.

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Quiproquo in drama

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Misunderstanding between characters

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Triadic structure

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Example: to show holy trinity, such as truth

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Hyphenated sentence type

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—

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Sarcasm

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Speaks in a patronising manner

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Dramatic irony

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When the audience know more than the characters in the play

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Duallogue vs Dialogue

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Duallogue between only 2 characters
Dialogue between 2 or more characters

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Parallel phrasing

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2 things happening at same time

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Temporal markers

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Phrase conveying time

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Hubris as a character

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Character’s overconfidence

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Mercantile diction

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Of or relating to merchants or trade / money.

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Ellipses

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Used to create dramatic tension

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Semantic field

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Group of words that have the same meaning

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Cyclical structure

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When a text ends in the same way it begins

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Characters that resonate at the same emotional wavelength

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Compounded adjectives

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Combination of two or more words which can perform the role of an adjective in a sentence.

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Anaphora

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Repeating words and phrases from time to time.

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Topographical marker

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Word conveying place
Eg. A public place

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Synaesthesia

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Sound imagery

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