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Literary terms Flashcards

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Adjective

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Describing word
–> ‘blue’, ‘enormous’

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Alliteration

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Repetition of same sounds
–> ‘The slimy snake slithered away’

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Plosive alliteration

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Repetition of P and B sounds

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Sibiliant alliteration

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Repetition of S sounds

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Dental alliteration

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Repetition of D and T sounds

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Guttural alliteration

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Repetition of G, R and C sounds

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Fricative alliteration

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Repetition of F, Ph and V sounds

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Assonance

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Repetition of noun sounds
–> Fat and cat

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Allusion

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Brief, recognisable reference to a person, place of event

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Ambiguity

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More than one possible meaning/interpretation

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Asyndetic listing

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A list using commas
–> Mum, Dad, Xander, Hugo and the dogs

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Colloquial language

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Informal language
–> ‘nicked’, ‘pinched’ instead of ‘stole’

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Conosonance

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Repetition of double consonants in middle of words
–> ‘better buy some butter’

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Declarative mood

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Sentence that expresses a statement
–> ‘he stood there, waiting’

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Direct address

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Speaking directly to someone

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Dysphemism

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Opposite of euphemism
–> extreme way of saying something
–> ‘his heads was blown off and there was blood everywhere’

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Euphemism

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Inoffensive word subsitiuted in place of a hurtful one
–> ‘passed away’ instead of ‘died’

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Hyperbole

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Exaggeration
–> ‘the pain of twenty thousand daggers stabbing me in the heart’

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Imagery

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Descriptive or metaphorical use of language used to create a vivid picture

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Imperative mood

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Sentence that expresses a command
–> ‘pick that up’

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Interrogative mood

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A sentence that expresses a question
–> ‘do you want this’

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Juxtaposition

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Placing different things together to either create a comparison or to contrast

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Lexical field

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A group of words with associated meanings and uses - all related

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Metaphor

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Something said about something else
–> ‘dark green pebbles for eyes’

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Modal verb

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Expressed a degree of possibility of necessity
–> ‘could’, ‘might’, ‘should’, ‘may’

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Monosyllabic lexis

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Single-syllable words
–> ‘How could you?’

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Noun

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A naming word
–> ‘chair’, ‘penguin’, ‘man’, ‘ghost’

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Onomatopoeia

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Words that sound like the noise they are describing
–> ‘buzz’

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Oxymoron

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Contrasting terms combine
–> ‘definitely maybe’

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Pathetic fallacy

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Attribution of human feelings to objects in nature, especially weather

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Personification

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Something taking on human characteristics
–> ‘the car looked at me’

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Plosive language

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Powerful letters such as B and P
–> ‘Batman, big shot

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Polysyllabic lexis

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More than one syllable in each word
–> ‘very, very pretty’

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Polysyndeton

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A list or series of words that’s connected with the repeated use of the same conjunction
–> ‘and’ ‘or’

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Semantic field

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Group of words in the same topic
–> ocean - ‘blue’ ‘water’ ‘waves

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Staccato

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Disjointed, rapid, sharp speech or writing
–> ‘Gas! Gas! Quick boys!’

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Stichomythic dialogue

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Rapidly alternating lines of conversation

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Superlative

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Word that emphasises the extremes
–> ‘best’ ‘worst’

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Syndetic listing

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A list using the word ‘and’
–> ‘Mum and Dad and Xander and Hugo and the dogs’

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Tautology

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When the same thing is said twice
–> ‘reverse back’ ‘stupid idiot’

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Tricolon

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Listing three things to build momentum
–> ‘Cry God for Harry, England, and St. George’

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Verb

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A doing word
–> ‘run’ ‘swim’ ‘write’

DYSTOPIA - A Level English Literature (OCR) (9 decks)

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