Writing methods Flashcards
Simile
Comparing two things using like or as
Metaphor
Describing something as it were something else
Alliteration
When two or more words start with the same letter
Semantic field
Two or more words that belong to the same categories
Oxymoron
When two opposite things are shown
with one adjective and one noun
(ugly princess)
Personification
When an object is given human like qualities
Pathetic fallacy
Weather reflecting to the atmosphere of the mood
Onomatopoeia
Words like “bam”
Hyperbole
Over exaggeration
Imagery
Auditory imagery - hear
Olfactory - smell
Tactile - touch
Sibilance
When two or more words start with s
Circular structure
When a text starts and ends in the same way
Shift in time
flashback/flashforward
Anedode
Small personal story
Whats the method for structure or sentence form ?
Declarative sentence
Imperative sentence
starting with tell me
Colloquial languange
gonna / slagish
Personal pronoun
our
Symbolism
when objects represents meaning
Irony
Is when events in the text surprises the characters. Something not expected!
Assonance
Is the repetition of the vowel sound.
Emotive language
Is when the writer makes the reader feel emotional.
Plosive
Reptation of harsh sound
Words such as ‘P’ ‘D’ ‘B’
Juxtaposition
Explaining a oxymoron
When to use semicolon (;)
Replace the word “and”
When to use colon (:)
Replace with the word because or to list
