Terminology Flashcards
Ambiguity
The possibility of interpreting written/spoken words in more than one way. Can be used intentionally/ unintentionally.
Analogy
Another word for comparison.
Anithesis
When opposing ideas/images are used for effect e.g. Man proposes; God disposes.
Antonym
Word that has the opposite meaning to another such as alive/dead.
Bathos
A change in mood, usually from the serious to the more mundane/trivial.
Blank verse
Unrhymed verse that follows a regular metrical pattern-usually 10 syllables to a line.
Cadence
Another word for rhyme.
Caesurae
Pauses within lines of verse.
Complex sentence
Includes 1/more subordinate clauses.
E.g. I bought a new bicycle, which was very expensive, and I cycled home.
Compound sentence
Contains more than one clause linked with a connective word e.g. ‘I bought a new bicycle and I cycled home.
Connotative
The emotional, individual and expressive meanings of a word/expression
Discourse marker
Word/phrase that marks the boundary between topics.
Hyperbole
Exaggeration for effect.
Idiom
Expression that is often informal,figurative, is regularly used by a distinct group of people, which outsiders might have difficulty interpreting at first.
E.g. ‘Spill the beans’, ‘the sky’s the limit’
Linear narrative
A storyline where events clearly follow in chronological sequence.
