Page 3 Flashcards
Double dash
The punctuation marks sued to mark off an extra non- essential piece of information in the middle of a sentence - a technique known as parenthesis
Dramatic irony
A feature of many plays: it occurs when the development of the plot allows the audience to possess more knowledge of what is happening than some of the characters themselves.
Dramatic monologue
The name given to a specific kind of poem in which a single person, not the poet, is speaking.
Ellipsis
Where a comment or sentence is left u completed for effect, punctuated by three full stops.
End - rhyme
The most common form of rhyme i which symbols are rhymed at the end of lines of verse
End-stopped
A line of verse in which the end of the line coincides with an essential grammatical pause, usually signalled by punctuation
Enjambement
A line of poetry which is not end-stopped. The sentence continues into the next line without any pause being needed to clarify the grammar, and therefore without any punctuation marks
Epilogue
A concluding speech or passage often summing up and commenting on what has gone before.
Episodic
Denoting a narrative which is written in the simple form of series of more or less separable or discrete episodes or incidents, rather than a complicated and involved plot.
Euphemism
Unpleasant, embarrassing or frightening facts or words concealed in a less blunt way
Exposition
The explanation, often necessary at the beginning of a narrative, of events leading up to the start of the narrative.
Extended image
A compassions that is repeated in more than one place in a poem or is continued throughout the writing.
Flashback
A term borrowed form film. A sudden jump backwards in time to an earlier experience or scene in the story of a novel, play or film.
Figurative language
Language which is symbolic or metaphorical; not meant to be taken literally, such as similes, metaphors and personification.
Dissonance
The arrangement of words so as to create a harsh jangling or disharmony of sounds or rhythm
