Techniques and Metalanguage Flashcards
Composer
Creator of Text
Narrative perspective
First, Second and Third
Tense
Past, Present and Future
Conflict
What is the main conflict of the text
Imagery Types
Visual Auditory Olfactory/smell Gustatory/taste Tactile/touch Kinaesthetic
Allusion
Call something to mind without directly saying it
Colloquial Language
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Connotations
e.g. Disciplin is a negative connotation
Dialogue
Words shared between characters
Contrast
Differences highlighted between things
Comparison
e.g. smile bright as sunshine
Metaphor
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Simile
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Juxtaposition
Placement of two or more things side by side, often in order to bring out their differences
Alliteration
Occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
Salience
Quality of being particularly noticeable or important; prominence
Motif
Dominant or recurring idea in an artistic work
Hyperbole
Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally
Verbal Irony
Irony that is verbal
Meioses
Understates something or implies that it is lesser in significance or size than it really is.
Parody
Imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect
Oxymoron
A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction (e.g. faith unfaithful)
Camera shots
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Rhetorical Questions
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Repitition
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Pathos
Stimulates or evokes sympathy or pity
Ethos
Represents credibility or ethical appeal - involves persuasion
Logos
Logic, reasoning and rationality to convince of their perspective
Triadic Structure
(clusters of 3) e.g. I ask, I urge, I Implore
