Terminology

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ABSTRACT NOUN

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Idea or feeling

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ACTIVE VERB

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Physical action

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ADJECTIVE

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Describes a word

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PRE-MODIFYING ADJECTIVE

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Describes before a word

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POST-MODIFYING ADJECTIVE

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After a word

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ADVERB

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Describes a verb

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ALTERNATE RHYME

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Every other line of a poem

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ANECDOTE

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short story of an event

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ANADIPLOSIS

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Last word repeats at the beginning of the next sentence

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ZOOMORPHISM

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Humans given animal qualities (e.g. my heart gnaws)

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ANAPHORA

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Repetition of a word in successive clauses

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ANAPHORIC REFERENCE

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reference to something earlier in the text

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ANTITHESIS

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Direct opposite

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ANTISTROPHE

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Repetition of a word at the end of a sentence

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AUXILIARY VERB

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Two verbs to create present or future tense

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COMMON NOUN

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Something tangible

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CONCRETE NOUN

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Something you can physically touch

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CONDITIONAL CLAUSE

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Only happens on a certain basis (e.g. if, when)

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COORDINATING CONJUNCTION

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Joins a sentence

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COMPLEX CONJUNCTION

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Joins two subordinating sentences

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CACOPHONIC

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Discordant, sounds harsh

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CAESURA

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A pause in the middle of a sentence

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COLLECTIVE NOUN

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Used for a group of common nouns (e.g. herd)

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COUPLET

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Two line verse that often rhymes with

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DEFINITE ARTICLE

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Has to be that specific one (the)

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INDEFINITE ARTICLE

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Can be any version of that thing (an, a)

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DRAMATIC IRONY

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When the audience knows more then the characters on stage

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ENJAMBMENT

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Carrying on to the next line of the stanza with no punctuation

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DENTAL ALLITERATION (2)

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D + T

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NASAL ALLITERATION (2)

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M + N

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PLOSIVE ALLITERATION (2)

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B + P

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LATERAL ALLITERATION (1)

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L

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FRICATIVE ALLITERATION (2)

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F + V

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GUTTERAL ALLITERATION (3)

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G + C + K

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ASPIRANT ALLITERATION (3)

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A + H + R

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SIBILANT ALLITERATION (3)

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S + C + Z

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SPATIAL DEIXIS

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Where you are in relation to something else

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TEMPORAL DEIXIS

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Describing where you are in relation to time

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PERSONAL DEIXIS

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Putting yourself in relation to someone else

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EUPHEMISM

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Nice way to say a negative thing

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EUPHORIC

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Pleasant sounding

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EXOPHORIC REFERENCE

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Reference to language beyond the text

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ENDOPHORIC REFERENCE

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Reference to language within the text

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EXPLETIVE

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Swear or curse word

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DYSPHEMISM

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Saying something negative as it is (e.g. he died instead of he passed away)

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PERSONIFICATION

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Giving inanimate objects human like qualities

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MONOSYLLABIC

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All one syllable

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POLYSYLLABIC

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Multiple syllables

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SEMANTIC FIELD

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Group of words that match

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OXYMORON

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2 words next to each other that contrast

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JUXTAPOSTITION

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2 contrasting ideas

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ANTISTROPHE

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Contrasting words that don’t go together

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ARCHAIC LANGUAGE

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Words that used to be common (e.g. florins)

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INTERTEXTUAL REFERENCE

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Specific to the current text

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VOCATIVE

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An alternative word to address somebody

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EPOCH MARKER

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Link to a past event (e.g. Marilyn)

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SYNAESTHESIA

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Two senses to describe the same thing

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EGOCENTRIC NARRATIVE

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Self centred story

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OCTET

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8 line stanzas

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NONET

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9 line stanzas

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QUINTAIN

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5 line stanzas

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QUATRIAN

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4 line stanzas

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ANALEPTIC

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2 frames or stories contrasting

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ASYNDETIC LISTING

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Just commas

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SYNDETIC LISTING

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Uses ands and commas

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MALAPROPRISM

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Almost a well known saying (e.g. it’s raining cats and ducks)

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MINOR SYNTAX

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A word on its own line for emphasis

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OLFACTORY IMAGERY

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Smell

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VISUAL IMAGERY

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Sight

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AUDITORY IMAGERY

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Sound

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GUSTATORY IMAGERY

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Taste

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TACTILE IMAGERY

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Touch

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PARENTHETIC DASH

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Separating a word of phrase from

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COLLOCATION

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Words that naturally pair up (e.g. bucket and spade)

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HYPOPHORA

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Answering your own question

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HOMONYM

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Spelt the same but said differently

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HOMOPHONE

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Spelt differently but said the same

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NEGATION

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Rejecting an idea using no or not

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FREE VERSE

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No structure

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SYNECDOCHE

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Represents something bigger (e.g. the faces you wrote)