Terminology, literary devices

Question 1

Epizeuxis

Answer 1

A form of repition in which a word is repeated immediately for emphasis

Never give in - never, never, never, never.

Question 2

Contrast

Answer 2

Placing different/opposite emtions/ ideas across a text to highlight differences

A poem may start negative but end on a positive note.

Question 3

Juxtaposition

Answer 3

A contrast device placing two or more things side by side to emphasise similirities or differences

The vibrant flowers stood before the dull, grey wall.

Question 4

Oxymoron

Answer 4

A figure of speech in which contradictory terms appear in conjunction

Deafening silence

Question 5

Abstract noun

Answer 5

Something you cannot touch

Love, hate, fear…

Question 6

Pathetic Fallacy

Answer 6

Using the weather or environment to reflect human feelings

The raindrops wept around her.

Question 7

Enjambment

Answer 7

The continuation of a sentence without a pause bejond the end of the line, couplet or stanza

Question 8

Caesura

Answer 8

A pause in the middle of a line in a poem

Could be . - : ;

Question 9

Iambic Pentameter

Answer 9

A line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable

Question 10

Metaphor
- Direct metaphor
- Implied metaphor

Answer 10

Direct - A comparison that directly states one thing is another. (My brother is a pig.)
Implied - A comparison where the literal thing being compared isn’t mentioned. (The pig ate all of my birthday chocolates.)

Question 11

Assonance

Answer 11

A sound device using the repitition of vowel sounds within nearby sounds

Question 12

Consonance

Answer 12

A sound device using the repitition of consonant sounds within nearby words

Question 13

Sibilance

Answer 13

A sound device using the repitition of sss/shh sounds like “s”, “sh”, or “z” within nearby words

The snake hissed as it slithered through the grass.

Question 14

Allegory

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A story, poem or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning

Question 15

Allusion

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When the author references something external to their work in a passing manner

Question 16

Antithesis

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A literary device that places opposite words, ideas or qualities parallel to each other

“My only love sprung from my only hate”

Question 17

Anaphora

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A literary device that uses repitition of short phrases/single words at the beginning of clauses or sentences to enhance rhythm and evoke audience emotional participation in the literary work

it was it was it was

Question 18

Metonymy

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A form of figurative language in which a word is replaced by something very close to the original meaning

Hand as a substitiute for assisstance

Question 19

Cacophony

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A harsh chaotic mixture of sounds

A cacophony of defeaning alarm bells.

Question 20

Synecdoche

Answer 20

Literary device in which a part of something is substituted for the whole

Jack got some new wheels!

Question 21

Anecdote

Answer 21

A story that is short, but well contained

Question 22

Listing
- Asyndetic listing
- Syndetic listing

Answer 22

Asyndetic - Listing which does not involve the use of conjunctions
Syndetic - Listing which involves the use of conjunctions

Question 23

Diction

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Word choice, or general chcarcter of language used by the author

Question 24

Logos

Answer 24

(Persuasive technique)- logic and reason

Question 25

Pathos

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(Persuasive technique)- emotions and feelings

Question 26

Ethos

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(Persuasive technique)- credibility and ethics

Question 27

Parallel structure

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Using the same pattern of words to show that two or more words have the same level of importance

‘and’ ‘or’