literature terms ᝰ

zoomorphism

zoomorphism

when animal attributes are ascribed to non-animal objects or people e.g the wind roared

anthropomorphism

assigning human qualties to objects and animals e.g the bird gossiped

semantic field

a group of words that all link in terms of meaning/ideas

abstract noun

a thing you cannot touch e.g love, anger, hate

concrete noun

an object or person that you can touch e.g table, book

monologue

a speech presented by one character who is alone on the stage, with their thoughts to speak out loud

repartee

a battle of words back and forth between two people

soliloquy

someone giving a speech or talking alone in a crowd

gulling

being tricked into believing something that isn’t true

dramatic irony

the audience knows something that one of the characters doesn’t

innuendo

a sexual reference, usually as a joke