Terminology Flashcards
Caesura
Punctuation in the middle of a line (poetry)
Assonance
Half rhyme/similar vowel sounds
Sibillance
Alliteration using ‘s’
Hyperbole
Exaggeration
Metaphor
Saying something is something that it’s not
Onomatopoeia
A word that sounds like the word it’s describing (e.g. bang, pop, crash)
Imagery
Describing something in great detail (painting an image in your head)
Simile
Saying something is ‘as’ or ‘like’ something else
Theme
Main subject to focus on
Personification
Giving an object person like qualities
Enjambment
When a line carries over multiple lines (poetry)
Alliteration
The starting letters are the same
Rhythm
Matching syllables in a line
Rhyme
When words sound similar
Repetition/refrain
Repeating a word or phrase
Stanza
A paragraph in a poem
Foreshadowing
When something in the plot gives away something that may happen later on
Derogatory language
Offensive language that is used to cause offence
Eulogy
A speech or writing in praise of a person or thing, especially one who recently died (may be given at a funeral)
Platonic love
An affectionate relationship which the sexual element does not enter
Dramatic irony
When the audience knows something that the characters do not (a form of irony)
Irony
The use of words to convey a meaning that is quite the opposite of its literal meaning
Iambic pentameter
10 beats per line
Sonnet
14 lines long with 10 syllables per line (usually relates to love and romance) - poetry
Ambiguous language
Describes a speech that doesn’t have a singular meaning but represents different ideas, objects or individuals
Idiomatic expression
A type of informal language that has a meaning different from the meaning of the words in the expression, for example, hold your tongue.
This idiom doesn’t actually mean that you should stick your fingers in your mouth and grab a hold of your tongue but instead means to be quiet.
Pathetic fallacy
Where the author attributes human emotions and traits to nature (weather) or inanimate objects
Tricolon
Another word for the rule of 3
Assonance
Repeated vowel sounds in words
Anaphora
A phrase/word repeated at the start of each line or sentence
Sibilance
Repeating the ‘s’ sound at the start of words
Volta
A change in atmosphere or mood
Juxtaposition
Two things being seen or placed close together in order to contrast them
Oxymoron
Two contrasting words next to each other, for example, living dead
How to be persuasive (9)
PERSUADER
- Personal pronouns
- Exaggeration
- Rhetorical questions
- Statistics/facts
- Use of authority
- Alitteration/anecdotes
- Description
- Emotive language
- Repetition
How to be creative (7)
AAAMOPS
- Adjectives
- Adverbs
- Alliteration
- Metaphors
- Onomatopoeia
- Personification/pathetic fallacy
- Similes
Celestial imagery
Imagery about the stars, sun, moon and space
Novella
A ghost story
Morality tale
The main character has to learn a lesson
Purgatory
Being caught inbetween both worlds (living hell)
Character foil
Another character who highlights the qualities of the main character (e.g. opposing characteristics to exaggerate the other characters qualities)
Omniscient narrator
All seeing/all knowing
Epithet
An adjective or phrase expressing a quality or attribute regarded as characteristic of the person or thing mentioned (e.g. fair Juliet)
Asyndetic list
A list with no connectives, usually just commas
Misanthrope
A person who dislikes humankind and avoids human society (e.g. Scrooge)
Antagonist
Villain / enemy (e.g. Scrooge)
Allegory
A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one - synonyms: symbol, metaphor, analogy (e.g. Scrooge is an allegory of the rich and privileged in Victorian society)
Didactic
Intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive.
Verse
Looks like poetry - shows status (used by Shakespeare)
Prose
Looks like a paragraph - low status (used by Shakespeare)
Blank verse
Not rhyming iambic pentameter
Untimely
Means early
Shared lines
10 beats per line are shared between two characters - shows a closeness or urgency
Hypophora
Answering your own question
Monosyllabic
Each word has one syllable
Premonition
A strong feeling that something is about to happen, especially something unpleasant.
Foreboding
A feeling that something bad will happen; fearful apprehension.
Semantic field
A set of words grouped semantically that refers to a specific subject (e.g. semantic field of fear, war, love, hate, sewing)
