Terminology Flashcards
terminology
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define non-standard syntax
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words in incorrect order
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define concrete noun
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a physical thing
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define abstract noun
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not physical thing; hate, love, hope
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define stative verb
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thought or opinion; imagine, agree
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define dynamic verb
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action
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what is the main characteristic of a minor sentence
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no verbs
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define auditory language
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sound
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define olfactory language
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smell
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define tactile language
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touch
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define gustatory language
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taste
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define fronted conjunction
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sentence beginning with but, and, or, if
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define interrogative
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question
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define imperative
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sense of duty; you must…
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define declarative
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declaration; i am…
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define assonance
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use of vowels (a,e,i,o,u)
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define plosive
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use of p, b, d
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define fricative
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f sound
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define sibilance
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s sound
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define superlative
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‘est’ - best, nicest
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define minor sentence
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no verbs
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define terecet
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three line stanza
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define quatrain
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four line stanza
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define juxtaposition
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things that not direct opposites but contrast
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define deixis
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words that suggest place or time; tomorrow, today, those, there
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define emotive language
language that evokes emotion in the reader
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define oxymoron
two direct opposites
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define ellipsis
...
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define parenthesis
brackets
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define contraction
can't, wouldn't, shouldn't
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definite/indefinite article
definite (the) indefinite (a)
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define preposition
suggests direction; above, under
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define onomatopoeia
sound; bang, crash
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define intertextual reference
reference to a book, play, song
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define semantic field
collection of words with a similar theme
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define biblical allusion
references to bible
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define innuendo
rude reference
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define classical allusion
references to classical mythology
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define volta
turning point in poem
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define simile
comparing something; like, as
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define metaphor
saying something is something in a comparison
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define zoomorphism
describing something non-animal with animalistic traits
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define personification
giving something non-human human qualities
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define hyperbole
exaggerated statement; 'i'm starving'
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define end-stop line
full stop at end of poetry line
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define enjambment
continuing a sentence onto the next line without a break
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define caesura
a line pause near the middle of a line of poetry
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define exclamative
!
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define modal verb
suggests obligation or likelihood; must, could, should, would
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define haptics (only drama)
touch
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define proxemics (only drama)
movement in relation to objects/characters
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define kinesics (only drama)
expression/body language
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define mise-en-scene(only drama)
placement of objects and people in a scene
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define epithet
attached characteristic; 'legitimate Edgar' or 'Edmund the base'
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define adjacency pair
question and response
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define anaphora
repeated beginning of a sentence; I believe... I believe, I believe
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define participle
verb as an adjective; let sleeping dogs lie
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define colloquialism
slang/phrases
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define superlatives
words ending in -est
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define monosyllabic
consists of one syllable
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define polysyllabic
consists of more than one syllable
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define polysemic
word with more than one meaning
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define litotes
ironic understatment
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define 1st person pronoun
I, me, my, mine, we, ours
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define 2 nd person pronoun
you, your, yours
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define 3 rd person pronoun
she, her, hers /he, him, his
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define 2nd/3rd person adress
when the narrator to talking to them in 2nd/3rd
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define motif
recurring images, quotes, or concepts
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define epigram
short quote which begins suggesting one thing and switches at the end in an ironic/humorous way
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define epigraph
short quote/sentence at the beginning of a piece of writing that is suggested to be elaborated on throughout the text
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define syndetic listing
with conjunctions (and)
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define asyndetic listing
with commas or semi-colons
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define quatrains
stanza with four lines
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define octave
stanza with eight lines
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define sestet
stanza with six lines
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define antithesis
two ideas that directly contrast that are separated ('it was the best of times, it was the worst of times')
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define paradox
statement that contradicts itself ('my weakness is my strength' or 'i am always lying' - wait so is that a lie then?)
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define synecdoche
figure of speech that refers to a whole thing ('the pen is mightier than the sword')
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define metonymy
metaphor/saying involving the personification of an object ('the crown will find an heir')
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define chiasmus
sentence where two words in the first half are criss-crossed in the second ('all for one, and one for all')
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define characterisation
literary devices used to suggest personality traits, motives and private thoughts
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define foreshadowing
literary devices used to hint at events yet to come
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define analepsis
flashback
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define prolepsis
flashforward
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define allegorical
writing has a suggested wider meaning and message
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define sonnet
iambic pentameter (10 beats per line) and 14 lines suggesting love
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define soliloquy
character speaks directly to the audience, sharing innermost thoughts (no other characters can listen)
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define epistolary
novel written in letters
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define rhyming couplets
AABBCCDD
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define fragmentation
broken up
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define caesura
line broken in half
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define enjamberment
line runs onto the next
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define free verse
no rhyme or structure
