Literary & Poetic Techniques

Question 1

Allegory:

Answer 1

A story with two meanings, a clear meaning and a hidden meaning.

Question 2

Alliteration:

Answer 2

The repetition of consonants at the beginning of successive words within the sentence.

Question 3

Allusion:

Answer 3

An implied reference of shared knowledge between the reader and author.

Question 4

Ambiguity:

Answer 4

An aspect of text that lacks a clear, singular meaning.

Question 5

Analogy:

Answer 5

The comparison of two things for the purpose of an explanation or clarification.

Question 6

Anecdote:

Answer 6

A personal story.

Question 7

Anomaly:

Answer 7

Something that strays from what is normal and expected.

Question 8

Anthropomorphism:

Answer 8

The act of attributing human qualities to a non-human figure.

Question 9

Archetype:

Answer 9

A recurring idea or object.

Question 10

Assonance:

Answer 10

Occurs when similar vowel sounds are placed close together.

Question 11

Bricolage:

Answer 11

Used to describe modern texts that are constructed from pre-existing material.

Question 12

Cliche:

Answer 12

An over-used, common expression

Question 13

Contrast:

Answer 13

The deliberate positioning of two or more characters who have different characteristics.

Question 14

Dialogue:

Answer 14

A conversation between two or more people.

Question 15

Didactic:

Answer 15

Any text that instructs the reader or gives a moral message.

Question 16

Deixis:

Answer 16

They require on the context of other words to develop a clear meaning.

Question 17

Ellipsis - (…) :

Answer 17

Used to truncate quotations that are long.

Question 18

Emotive language:

Answer 18

Word’s that stir the readers emotions.

Question 19

Enjambment:

Answer 19

When a sentence runs over more than one line (or stanza).

Question 20

Euphemism:

Answer 20

Mild expression used to replace a harsh one.

Question 21

Exclamation - ( ! ) :

Answer 21

Conveys high emotion and enthusiasm.

Question 22

Figurative language & sound devices:

Answer 22

Included in a: metaphor, simile, personification, alliteration etc.

Question 23

Foreshadowing:

Answer 23

An allusion to something that will appear later in the narrative.

Question 24

Flashback:

Answer 24

A scene appearing in the text that has occurred earlier than the main narrative.

Question 25

Fragmented/truncated sentences:

Answer 25

Incomplete sentences used to increasing tension.

Question 26

Humour:

Answer 26

Exaggeration, irony and puns used to lighten the tone.

Question 27

Hyperbole:

Answer 27

Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

Question 28

Icons:

Answer 28

A singular person, object or image that represents complex ideas and feelings.

Question 29

Imagery:

Answer 29

Vivid pictures created by words.

Question 30

Incantation:

Answer 30

A poetic form that uses repetition, rhyme to convey a sense of magic.

Question 31

Intertextuality:

Answer 31

When a text makes reference to another text.

Question 32

Irony:

Answer 32

The gap between what is said and what is meant, this can create humour.

Question 33

Juxtaposition:

Answer 33

layering images/scenes to have a dramatic affect.

Question 34

Metaphor:

Answer 34

Figurative speech that uses ‘is’

Question 35

High modality:

Answer 35

The certainty the speaker employs their language at.

‘It will’

Question 36

Low modality:

Answer 36

The uncertainty the speaker employs their language at.

‘It may’

Question 37

Motif:

Answer 37

An image, sound, or character that has a symbol which refers to a theme.

Question 38

Onomatopeia:

Answer 38

A word that echos the sound it represents.

‘drip dripping’

Question 39

Paradox:

Answer 39

A statement that seems logically unacceptable, however expresses a possible truth.

Question 40

Pathetic fallacy:

Answer 40

The attribution of human emotion, represented by weather.

Question 41

First person:

Answer 41

The speaker him/herself

‘I, me’

Question 42

Second person:

Answer 42

The speakers audience

‘you’

Question 43

Third person:

Answer 43

Refers to everybody else

‘he, him, she, her, it’

Question 44

Personification:

Answer 44

Human characteristics given to a non-human object.

Question 45

Perspective:

Answer 45

A particular way of viewing things.

Question 46

Repetition:

Answer 46

Repeating words for emphasis or persuasion.

Question 47

Rhyme:

Answer 47

Correspondence of sound between words

Question 48

Setting:

Answer 48

Location of story.

Question 49

Sibilance:

Answer 49

A hissing sound created by the repetition of ‘s’

Question 50

Simile:

Answer 50

Make comparisons using ‘like’ and ‘as’

Question 51

Symbolism:

Answer 51

When an object represents an idea.

Question 52

Syntax:

Answer 52

The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentence

Question 53

Tense:

Answer 53

Past, present, future

Question 54

Textual integrity:

Answer 54

A coherent use of form and language to produce an integrated whole in terms of meaning and value.

Question 55

Theme:

Answer 55

Message or moral of a story.

Question 56

Zoomorphism:

Answer 56

The attribution of animal properties to non-animals.

Question 57

Ekphrasis:

Answer 57

The poem is a vivid description of a scene or work of art.

Question 58

Sibilance:

Answer 58

Repetition of ‘s’ sound

Question 59

Oxymoron:

Answer 59

Pairs two opposing words.

Question 60

Paradox:

Answer 60

A situation that is difficult to understand due to having two opposite characteristics/ facts.

Question 61

Anaphora:

Answer 61

When a phrase is repeated at the start of a line.

Question 62

Anthropomorphism:

Answer 62

The attribution of human characteristics or behaviour to a god, animal, or object.

Question 63

Stichomythia:

Answer 63

A verbal battle

Question 64

Photo Analysis:

Answer 64

• Body language
• Colour - eye drawn
• Composition - foreground + background
• Setting
• Mise en scene - placement of everything in the frame
• Symbolism

Question 65

connotation:

Answer 65

idea or feeling