Techniques Flashcards
1
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Modality
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level of certainty in language (may, must, will…)
2
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personification
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human-like description of a non-human object
3
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pathetic fallacy
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angry clouds, cruel wind…
4
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alliteration
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repetition of consonant sounds
5
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assonance
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repetition of vowel sounds
6
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sibliance
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hissing sounds represented by s,z,sh
7
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cacophony
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opposite of rhyme and melody, harsh sounds
8
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anaphora
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repetition of words at the beginning of successive clauses
9
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oxymoron
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combination of contradictory terms
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