techniques Flashcards

1
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Prose?

A

spoken language in its original tone with no metrical structure

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2
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Allusion

A

An indirect reference to someting or someone

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3
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Ambience

A

tone/location and setting

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4
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Allegory

A

When something in literature represents a real life concept

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5
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Analepsis/prolepsis

A

A flashback/flash foward

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6
Q

Androcentric

A

being focused with men!

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7
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Anthropomorphism

A

When non human figures are given human qualities

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8
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Anti-climax

A

when an expected climax doesnt appear

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9
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Anti hero

A

A character who doesn’t act morally virtuous but a protagonist

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10
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Bathos

A

being exceedingly pathetic to being ridiculous

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11
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Black comedy

A

horrific situations treated with comedy

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12
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Caesura

A

A natural pause in a sentence

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13
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Catharsis

A

An emotional release

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14
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stitchomythia

A

back and forth diolouge either talking over or having a strong connection

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15
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courtly love

A

An idealised love due to social class

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16
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Denouncement

A

Final resolution for the plot

17
Q

Double plot

A

A main plot and a subplot

18
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Epithet

A

A title

19
Q

Exaggerated Hyperbole

A

‘as big as a mouse’

20
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paradox

A

a contradiction to save the plot

21
Q

pathetic fallacy

A

when human emotions are described through weather and setting

22
Q

perpertia

A

an unexpected reverse in fortune

23
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prolific

A

lots of

24
Q

subsiquently

A

means like additionily

25
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syntactically

A

the meaning of