Techniques- impact 1 Flashcards
Simile
Creates a vivid image in the audience’s mind, helping to engage and absorb them
Metaphor
Creates an image that can help the audience understand new, complex or conceptual information by means of something they already understand
Extended metaphor
Builds evocative images into a piece of writing and make prose more emotionally resonant, encourages audiences to think in abstract ways
Personification
Can lend atmosphere to a setting or give lifelikeness to an object or animal that might otherwise seem dull. It can help readers connect with the parts of a story or poem that aren’t the characters
Anthropomorphism
Creates a sense of familiarity or empathy with the audience, and can make non-human entities more relatable and understandable
Repetition
Emphasises the importance of a concept or idea to audiences
Verbal irony
Can create suspense, tension or comic effect
Understatement
Engages audiences, creates a tone, embeds comedic effects, or draws attention to something
Socratic irony
Encourages deeper reflection and critical thinking from audiences
Irony of the situation
Surprises audiences and helps them understand characters and themes
Dramatic irony
Can make the audience feel above, wiser, more knowledgable, or even disparaging of the actions of the characters
Hyperbole
Helps to emphasise part of the story and evoke a response from the reader
Emotive language
Connects with your audience on a deeper level and persuades them to take action
Imperative
Encourages the audience to immediately act or respond
Powerful verb
Creates a more vivid picture in audience’s minds, helping them visualise the precise action of the story
Objective language
Informs the reader without persuading or influencing their opinion
Subjective language
Connects with audiences on a more personal level, sharing the author’s perspectives and inviting the audience to empathise with their point of view.
Juxtaposition
Invite the audience to compare, contrast, and consider the relationship between those elements more closely
Oxymoron
Creates a dramatic effect and forces the audience to stop and think about the complexity of an idea
Assonance
Creates rhythm and mood through its use of repetition
Alliteration
Creates a rhythm that is hard and fast, carrying the text forward
Sibilance
Makes certain phrases or words more memorable for the audience
Euphemism
Can make the listener, reader, or audience feel more at ease, can also hide/conceal the truth
Allusion
Deepens the audience’s understanding of a work by creating an association between the work and the reference
Colloquial language
Creates a sense of community and society in audiences and makes the text less formal and more approachable
Symbolism
Acts as a visual aid for readers to better understand complex ideas of concepts, adds depth and layers of meaning to the text
Personal pronouns
Can make the audience feel as if the story is being told to them individually
Jargon
Can make the audience feel included whilst also alienated if they do not understand
Rhetorical question
Emphasises a point or stimulates thought from the audience
Positive/negative connotations of words
Encourages the audience to react positively/negatively to an idea/object/person
Satire
Encourages the audience to express negative emotions towards a person or system in power
Parody
Highlights absurdities, contradictions, or flaws, encouraging audiences to question and reflect on the original work or broader societal norms
Absurdity
Challenges the audience’s conventional way of thinking and can provoke reflection on existential themes
Analogy
Assists the audience to better understand a theme and appeals to their emotions and values
Stream of consciousness
Enables the audience to better understand a character’s motivations and internal thoughts
Consonance
Creates a rhythmic and musical effect that is often agreeable to audiences
Tone
Evokes emotion from the audience
Pathetic fallacy
Evokes a specific mood or feeling that usually reflects the author’s or a character’s internal state
