Terminology Flashcards
Syntactic parallelism?
Repetition of the same word/phrase/idea throughout a sentence.
Hyperbole?
Exaggeration.
Alliteration?
Repetition of the same first letter of a word.
Sibilance?
Repetition of words beginning with ‘s’.
Assonance?
Repetition of vowel sounds. Eg cow cloud and down.
Anaphora?
Repetition of a word at the start of a line.
Simile?
Comparing using like or as.
Metaphor?
Direct comparison to something using is.
Personification?
Giving an object human qualities.
Onomatopoeia?
Noises written down.
Rhetorical Questions?
Questions where an answer isn’t needed.
Exclamatives?
Sentence ending in an exclamation mark.
Interrogatives?
Sentences ending in question marks.
Declarative?
Non negotiable sending that ends with punctuation. Statement. Declare.
Imperative?
Commands.
Euphemism?
Less harsh. Obviously underplaying. Can be humorous.
Anecdote?
Short personal story.
Cliché?
Overused.
Juxtaposition?
Two opposing ideas/things places close together with contrasting effect.
Paradox?
Opposites within a sentence.
Antithesis?
Opposites. Eg antithesis of your sibling. Antithically.
Oxymoron?
Two opposing words. Eg bitter sweet.
Colloquialism?
Everyday language.
Jargon?
Slang - Colloquialism - Jargon
Specialised language used by a profession or group that may be difficult to understand by others.
Nuance?
The connotations/ideas behind a word. Eg red - death or danger.
Dialect?
How something is said.
Irony?
Deliberately contrary to what one expects.
Caesura?
Punctuation breaking up a sentence.
Enjambment?
No punctuation and the lines roll onto each other.
Anthropomorphism?
Animals are given human qualities.
Zoomorphism?
Animal attributes/features are imposed on non-animal things.
Bathos?
Anticlimax creates by an unintentional lapse in mood.
Synonyms - let-down.
Pathos?
A quality that evokes pity or sadness.
Pun?
A play on words.
Lexis?
The total stock of words in a language.
Syntax?
The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
Lexical field?
A group of words that are similar/add to an idea/related in meaning.
Semantics?
The meaning of a word/phrase or text.
Monosyllabic?
Words consisting of only one syllable.
Signifies reluctance to engage in conversation.
Polysyllabic?
Words having more than one syllable.
Explicit?
Stated clearly.
Implicit?
Suggested though not directly expressed.
Plodive letter?
Strong sounding letters.
Fricative F?
Air moving through the moth creates audible friction.
Nasal ‘M’ and ‘N’?
Allows air to escape freely through the nose.
Satire?
Use of humour to criticise people’s stupidity or vices.
Asyndetic listing?
Listing without and.
Syndetic listing?
Listing with and.
Pre-modifier?
A word placed before the word it modifies. Eg It’s a beautiful day.
Acronym?
An abbreviation formed from the initial letters of other words and pronounced as a word. Eg NASA.
Anadiplosis?
The repetition of a words or words in successive clashes. The second clause starts with the same word that ends the first clause.
Hypophora?
When the writer poses a question and the answers the question.
Neologism?
A newly coined word or expression.
Anagnorisis?
The critical moment of recognition or discovery.
Stichomythia?
Dialogue in which two characters speak alternate lines of verse.
Protagonist?
The leading character.
Antagonist?
Someone who actively opposed to someone or something.
Epizeuxis?
Repetition of the same word in succession within the same sentence.
Diacope?
The repetition of a word or phrase broken up by one or more intervening word.
Epistrophe?
Repetition at the end of a sentence.
Polysyndetic listing?
When several coordinating conjunctions are used in succession in order to achieve an artistic effect.
Foreshadowing?
Hinting something that may happen later on in the text.
The colts?
Turning point - changes the theme. ‘But’ changes the direction of the text.
In medias res?
In the middle of the narrative.
Pathetic fallacy?
Nature and the weather mirrors people’s emotions or the mood of the story. Attributing human emotion.
