HSC English Adv - Creative Writing Techniques - Mod C

Assonance

the repition of a vowel sound in a sentence

Direct address

Use of second person pronouns “you” to speak directly to the audience

Enjambment

Running a sentence over two lines so a break occurss mid sentence, keeping the sentence running but breaking the rythm

Hyperbole

Emphasising the impact, or feeling of a situation by exaggerating it

Juxtaposition

Placing two things side by side to emphasise their differences

Modality

The confidence of language used. High modality is very forward and strong, while low modality is less certain

Oxymoron

When two words directly contradict each other to create a new meaning that doesn’t make complete logical sense

Paradox

Connecting two ideas that are inherently contradictory

Cognitive dissonance

Discomfort felt when actions and beliefs don’t match

Plosives

Explosive consonant sounds - “p”, “b”, “k”, “ch”, “g” - used in succession

Sibilance

Repition of the ‘s’ consonant in a sentence

Superlative

A description that takes something to it’s furthest extreme

Zoomorphism

Assigning animal attributes to a human, idea or object

Allegory

A text represents another story through an extended metaphor

Allusion

A text makes reference to an aspect of religion, history or culture to layer and strengthen it’s meaning

Anadiplosis

The last word/phrase of one sentence is repeated at the beginning of the next

Asyndeton

The omission of conjunctions in a sentence and replacing them with commas

Circular structure

A narrative begins and ends in the same point, including the same setting, event, imagery, or motif

Epistrophe

Repition of a word or phrase at the end of successive sentences/clauses

Hypophora

The speaker poses a question and then answers it

In media res

Beginning in the middle of the action

Parody

A text imitates a certain style of a text to satirise it

Pathetic fallacy

Weather is used to reflect the mood of the character

Polysyndeton

Multiple repitions of the same conjunction (and, but, if) are used in replacement of commas