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Parody

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imitation of the style and manner of a particular writer or school of writers

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Low angle shot

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A shot from a camera angle positioned low on the vertical axis, anywhere below the eye line, looking up, showcases power level

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High angle shot

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A cinematic technique where the camera looks down on the subject from a high angle and the point of focus often gets swallowed up.

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Bird’s eye view

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Camera angle from above (i.e: view provided by a map)

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Main Image

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Large image to attract the audience which can promote content or theme of the magazine.

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Rule of Thirds

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Spaces where the lines of the 3 x 3 grid intersect

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Social Media Icons

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icons that have a hyperlink to the organization’s stream or other pages on the platform

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Tone

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An adjective to describe a writer’s mood/theme

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Montage

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The technique of selecting, editing, and piecing together separate sections of a film to form a continuous whole and to demonstrate associated ideas.

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Foreshadowing

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Writer hints through the text that something is bound to happen

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Humor

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An aspect of voice which helps to see a topic from an original and fun perspective.

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Allegory

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Story that shows a hidden meaning

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Anecdote

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A short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person.

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Punch Line

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The final phrase or sentence of a joke/story, providing the humour or an alternative crucial element.

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Alliteration

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A sentence or phrase containing words with the same starting letters e.g. “people play”

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Motif

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An idea that is emphasised and repeated throughout a story/book/ad/etc.

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Personalisation

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Customised experience for visits (often seen on webpages)

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Hypophora

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Asking a question and then answering it

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Typography

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The technique of arranging type to make written language legible, readable and appealing when displayed.

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Paradox

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A statement that appears self-contradictory, but reveals a kind of truth

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Pathetic Fallacy

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Linking human emotions to nature such as the weather

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Negative Space

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Empty Space

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Hyperlink

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An interactive element of a website that redirects the reader to a different webpage.

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Anachronism

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Something or someone out of place in terms of historical or chronological context

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Imperatives

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A command term in present tense (i.e: ‘Go’)

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Direct Address

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Speaking straight to the readers to appeal or command

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Chronological

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The order in which events occurred from first to last.

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Antithesis

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A figure of speech in which a thought is balanced with a contrasting thought

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Speech Bubble

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A balloon containing dialogue that the characters in the comic speak

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Icon

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Resembling the thing it represents

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Image

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Illustration of the text (website terminology)

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Anaphora

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Repetition of the same word or expression at the beginning of successive phrases to create emphasis

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Visual Narrative

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An image that tells a story (without the story being explicitly told) –
Cause + relationship between a signifier and what is signified

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Imagery

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Text creating a visual image in a reader’s mind by description

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Coverlines

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Text on the side (bigger/main text on the side) found in magazines

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Satire

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The ridicule of something more than once for a specific effect

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Pathos

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Appealing to reader’s emotions to persuade the audience

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Masthead

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Title of the magazine/Where the magazine title is located

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Slogan

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A memorable motto or phrase used in a political, commercial, religious etc. context as a repetitive expression of an idea or purpose.

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Protagonist

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Main character in a literary work

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Enjambment

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An incomplete syntax of a sentence at the end of a line, running over into the next line without punctuation.

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Anchoring

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Text that accompanies images to give meaning (often seen in magazines)

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Connotation

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Words or phrases which provoke meaning or ideas along with their original definition.

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Diction

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Choice of vocabulary and phrases -> ex. rhetorical, formal

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Ethos

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Appealing to an audience with credibility and ethics to persuade

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Focus

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Can be used in 2 different circumstances where one can be the focus of the camera lens and one could be the focus as in the main objective of the advert or non-lit text.

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Lighting

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Areas of brightness and shadow. Light can be used to suggest time of day. Light may be artificial or natural, harsh or soft, reflected or direct.

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Colloquial

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A word/phrase often used in informal/casual settings

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Caption

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Brief text accompanying and explaining an image

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Logos

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Appealing to an audience’s sense of logic or reason.

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Close-up Shot

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Camera angle of focusing on a specific something

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Exaggeration

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Exaggerate the physical characteristics of people or things in order to make a point

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Monochromatic

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Containing/using one colour

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Simile

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Figure of speech describing an object or action using words such as: like, as

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Irony

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The expression of ones meaning by using language the normally signifies the opposite, typically for humourours or emphatic effects.

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Personification

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Giving identity to an object, the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristic to something non-human.

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Double Entendre

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A word/phrase with a double meaning

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Listing

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A variety of ideas/words with similarity added to emphasise a point

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Panel

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A box, within a comic strip, with image and text

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Camera Angle

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The degree at which the camera points towards the subject

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Metaphor

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A figure of speech that describes an object or an action in a way that isn’t literally true but helps clarify/explain an idea or make a comparison.

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Emanata

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Unrealistic visual elements that indicate something about a character (e.g. a question mark for confusion)

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Theme

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A central or unifying aspect in a body of work or collection of works.

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Allusion

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Reference to; idea of something

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Symbolism

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Using symbols or images to represent ideas

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Hyperbole

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Exaggerated phrases or statements not intended to be taken literally

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Repetition

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The act of saying again and again.

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