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literature: unseen paper - literary techniques and vocabulary Flashcards

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Proverbs and Idioms flashcards
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evocative/descriptive phrases

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language which brings strong memories or images to mind

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noun

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thing

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adjectives

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words which describe a noun

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adverbs

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words which describe a verb

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verb

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doing word

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semantic fields

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words related to a paticular topic

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connotations

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what we associate with a paticular word

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figurative language

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language intended to create an image, association, or other effect

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simile

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e.g. his eyes were shining like stars

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metaphor

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e.g. his eyes were shining stars

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personification

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giving human characteristics to an object

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zoomorphic metaphor

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describing something as an animal

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emotive language

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language meant to provoke a reaction

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alliteration

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repeated vowel sounds

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consance

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repeated consonant sounds

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onomatopoeia

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when words sound like their meaning

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hyperbole

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exaggeration for effect

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triadic structures

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when the writer uses three adjectives to describe somehting

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symbolism

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when an object is used to represent an abstract idea/emotion/theme

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irony

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the use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning or the incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs.

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rhetorical questions

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questions asked for effect

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allusion

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short reference to a person, event, other novel

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metre

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the regular patterning of the alternation of long and short, stressed and unstressed syllables.

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cohersion

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belonging together

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imperfect rhymes

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dens/sirens

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unaccented rhymes

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matter/lover

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accented rhymes

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cover/shovel

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consonant rhymes

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dump/damp

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