Literary Techniques Flashcards
Sibilance
The repeated use of S sounds at the beginning or in a word
Auditory imagery
Imagery that describes auditory experiences
Assonance
repetition of vowel sounds in words that are close together, “his tender heir might bear his memory”
Cacophony
Harsh sounding words grouped together
Euphony
nice sounding words grouped together
Consonance
when two words have the same consonant sound following different vowel sounds
Diagetic Sound vs Non-Diagetic Sound
diagetic sound can be heard by the characters in a film, non-diagetic sound cannot (like background music)
proxemics
The positioning of characters in a shot
idiom
a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words eg: Break a leg, once in a blue moon, the ball is in your court
mise-en-scene
The arrangement of a scene in regards to characters, props, and set and what it conveys
Imperative
Like a call to action eg: Clean your room, Move out the way, find my jacket
hypophoria question
when a question is asked then answered straight after
Asyndeton
sentence structure with no conjunctions, eg: reduce reuse recycle
polysyndeton
the use of lots of conjunctions
possessive pronouns
used when describing thing belonging to someone eg: mine, ours
divisive pronouns
exemplifying the divide between two groups, eg: them or us
Lexical groups
a bunch of words or phrases relating to the same thing, like dog, cat, fish etc
anaphora
the repetition of words or phrases starting lines in poetry (like litany for survival)
antistrophe
the repetition of a phrase in reverse order
enjambment
no punctuation ending a line that carries onto the next (mushrooms)
caesura
break in the middle of lines
salience
to emphasise something in a shot
paradox
logical inconsistency eg: no one goes to that restaurant, it’s too busy
oxymoron
a figure of speech that contradicts itself eg: deafening silence
name the 8 types of sensory imagery
- visual- eyes
- tactile- touch
- Auditory- Hearing
- Gustatory- Taste
- Olfactory- Smell
- Kinetic- moving
- Phalic/yonic- Male/Female Genitalia
- Temporal- time
Chremamorphism
Giving a human inanimate object characteristics
Anthropomorphism
Giving human characteristics to animals (zootopia)
Zoomorphism
Giving objects or people animalistic characteristics
pathetic fallacy
using the weather to display an idea eg: raining to display sadness
The repeated use of S sounds at the beginning or in a word
Sibilance
Imagery that describes auditory experiences
Auditory imagery
repetition of vowel sounds in words that are close together, “his tender heir might bear his memory”
Assonance
Harsh sounding words grouped together
Cacophony
Nice sounding words grouped together
Euphony
when two words have the same consonant sound following different vowel sounds
consonance
The positioning of characters in a shot
Proxemics
a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words eg: Break a leg, once in a blue moon, the ball is in your court
Idiom
The arrangement of a scene in regards to characters, props, and set and what it conveys
Mis-en-scene
Like a call to action eg: Clean your room, Move out the way, find my jacket
imperative
when a question is asked then answered straight after
Hypophoria question
sentence structure with no conjunctions, eg: reduce reuse recycle
asyndeton
the use of lots of conjunctions
polysyndeton
used when describing thing belonging to someone eg: mine, ours
possessive pronouns
exemplifying the divide between two groups, eg: them or us
divisive pronouns
a bunch of words or phrases relating to the same thing, like dog, cat, fish etc
lexical groups
the repetition of words or phrases starting lines in poetry (like litany for survival)
Anaphora
the repetition of a phrase in reverse order
antistrophe
no punctuation ending a line that carries onto the next (mushrooms)
enjambment
break in the middle of lines
Caesura
to emphasise something in a shot
salience
logical inconsistency eg: no one goes to that restaurant, it’s too busy
paradox
a figure of speech that contradicts itself eg: deafening silence
oxymoron
Giving a human inanimate object characteristics
chremamorphism
Giving human characteristics to animals (zootopia)
anthropomorphism
Giving objects or people animalistic characteristics
zoomorphism
using the weather to display an idea eg: raining to display sadness
pathetic fallacy
