Lanuage Techniques ( Chrisrmas Carol )

Question 1

Alliteration

Answer 1

Repetition of the same sound, usually letters in close succession.

Question 2

Allusion

Answer 2

An indirect reference to a concept or theme without explicit mention. [Scrooge uses Biblical allusion as he believes the Ghost of Christmas Present is God or at least related to Him in some way, “It has been done in your name, or at least in that of your family”).

Question 3

Anaphora

Answer 3

A word which refers to a previously used word.

Question 4

Antithesis

Answer 4

Rhetorical device where contrasting concepts are placed together in a text, typically a sentence, to highlight how opposite they are [When Fred is introduced having a
“cheerful voice” straight after Scrooge’s wickedness is described].

Question 5

Asyndetic Listing

Answer 5

A list broken up by commas rather than conjunctions like ‘and’.

Question 6

Auditory imagery

Answer 6

Language which appeals to the reader’s hearing.

Question 7

Biblical

Answer 7

Relating to the bible; religious connotations.

Question 8

Catalyst

Answer 8

A dramatic tool which is used to speed up the plot.

Question 9

Colloquialism

Answer 9

An informal phrase common at its time of utterance.

Question 10

Connotation

Answer 10

Using text to create implied meaning without explicitly referring to said meaning.

Question 11

Didactic

Answer 11

A moral message, meaning to give instructions.

Question 12

Dramatic Irony

Answer 12

When the audience knows information which the character does not know.

Question 13

Epitome

Answer 13

The perfect/ultimate embodiment of quality.

Question 14

Foreboding

Answer 14

Apprehension that a bad event will occur.

Question 15

Foreshadowing

Answer 15

An indication that an event will occur later in the narrative. [Fan says that her father is much “kinder” than before which Scrooge’s change].

Question 16

Hyperbole

Answer 16

Use of exaggerated statements.

Question 17

Interjection

Answer 17

Sudden remark, used often as an interruption or aside in the text. [“Bah Humbug!”)

Question 18

Irony

Answer 18

Embedding a meaning by using language typically implying the opposite of what the writer is intending to express, often for a humorous effect.

Question 19

Juxtaposition

Answer 19

Comparing two concepts, characters, or clauses, in close proximity in a passage for the effect of contrast.

Question 20

Moral imperative

Answer 20

An instruction on what is right and wrong, the Ghosts provide this.

Question 21

Olfactory imagery

Answer 21

Appeals to the reader’s sense of smell.

Question 22

Oxymoron

Answer 22

Two opposing terms are placed next to each other.

Question 23

Pathetic Fallacy

Answer 23

A kind of personification of which human emptions are projected onto nature. [“no wind that blew was bitter than scrooge”]