literature: unseen paper - literary techniques and vocabulary Flashcards
evocative/descriptive phrases
language which brings strong memories or images to mind
noun
thing
adjectives
words which describe a noun
adverbs
words which describe a verb
verb
doing word
semantic fields
words related to a paticular topic
connotations
what we associate with a paticular word
figurative language
language intended to create an image, association, or other effect
simile
e.g. his eyes were shining like stars
metaphor
e.g. his eyes were shining stars
personification
giving human characteristics to an object
zoomorphic metaphor
describing something as an animal
emotive language
language meant to provoke a reaction
alliteration
repeated vowel sounds
consance
repeated consonant sounds
onomatopoeia
when words sound like their meaning
hyperbole
exaggeration for effect
triadic structures
when the writer uses three adjectives to describe somehting
symbolism
when an object is used to represent an abstract idea/emotion/theme
irony
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.
rhetorical questions
questions asked for effect
allusion
short reference to a person, event, other novel
metre
the regular patterning of the alternation of long and short, stressed and unstressed syllables.
cohersion
belonging together
imperfect rhymes
dens/sirens
unaccented rhymes
matter/lover
accented rhymes
cover/shovel
consonant rhymes
dump/damp
