Literary Techniques Flashcards
What is alliteration?
Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
What is Emotive language?
Language intended to create an emotional response
What is Hyperbole?
A use of obvious exaggeration for rhetorical effect.
What is a metaphor?
A descriptive technique that names a person, thing or action as something else
What is monologue?
An extended speech by one person in literature and drama
What is onomatopoeia?
Words that sound a little like they mean
What is Pathetic fallacy?
A type of personification where emotions are given to a setting, an object or the weather.
What is personification?
Describing something non-human as if it has human characteristics
What is zoomorphism?
When animal characteristics are assigned to humans.
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
What is costume?
what the actors wear when performing
What is make up?
Something used to enhance actors facial expressions
Why is music and sound used?
. Music and sound can be used to:
. create mood and atmosphere
• build tension
• strengthen an emotion or empathise the action onstage
• help set the scene
• indicate a change of time or location
• focus attention on to a particular character
Why is lighting used?
. Indicating time or location
• being used in an abstract or symbolic way to communicate a message
• being used to direct the audience’s focus towards a particular character or section of action
• creating mood and atmosphere to enhance a play and the audience’s experience of it
What are props?
Props are the items held or used by actors onstage to make the action more realistic
