Vocabulary Flashcards
Word naming an attribute of a noun
adjective
Word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb or other adverbs
Adverb
Occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
Alliteration
Expression designed to call something to wind without explicitly mentioning it.
allusion
AntagonistPerson who is actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something.
Antagonist
Relating to Aristotle or his philosophy
Aristelian
Resemblance of sounds between syllables of nearby words
Assonance
People giving attention to something
Audience
Belonging or relating to the writer of a book
Authorial
A person in a book, movie or play
character
The quality of being logical or consistent
coherence
A serious incompatibility between two or more opinions, principles or interests.
Conflict
Idea or feeing created by a word’s literal meaning
Connotation
Information that helps readers accurately interpret the meaning of a text.
context
A way in which something is usually done
conventions
Statement used to provide info about something or state a fact.
Declaratives
Spoken or written account of a person, object or event.
Descriptions
A person who supervises the actors and other staff in a film, play or something similar
Director
Theory and parctice of dramtic composion
Dramaturgy
Simple sentence that expresses sudden or strong emotions or feelings.
Exclamative
Literature in the form of prose that describe imaginary events
fiction
Style or category of art, music or literature
genre
List of words relating to a specific subject, with explanations
glossary
Exaggerated statements
hyperbole
Visually descriptive or figurative language
imagery
Having the form or force of a question.
Interrogative
Style of writing where the letters lean to the right
italics
The atmosphere or pervading tone of something
mood
Spoken or written account of connected events (a story)
narrative
Writing that is informative or factual
nonfiction
A noun is a word that represents a person, thing, concept, or place
noun
Action or process of performing a task or function
performance
The attribution of human characteristics to something non-human
personification
Main events of a play, novel or film devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence
plot
Portable object other than furniture or costumes used on the set of a play or film.
props
The main character in a text
protagonist
Reason for which something is done or created or for which something exists
purpose
Art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing.
rhetoric
The written text of a play, film or podcast.
scipt
Sound created from repetition of the letters ‘s’
sibilance
Comparisons of one thing with another using ‘like’ or ‘as’
simile
Type of language consisting of words and phrases that are informal
slang
Activity of writing or telling stories
storytelling
Arrangement of a relation between the parts or elements of something complex.
structure
Use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities.
symbolism
Arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences.
syntax
Text dealing with tragic events and having an unhappy ending
tradgedy
TropeSignificant or recurrent them.
trope
Word used to describe an action, state or occurrence.
verb
