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Alliteration
The repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
Allusion
An indirect symbolic reference to something, usually a literary or historical person, place or event
Allegory
Texts with a hidden meaning/moral (form of an extended metaphor)
Amplification
Repeating a word or expression while adding more detail to it
Anaphora
The deliberate repetition of a word or phrase at the start of sentences
Anastrophe
The syntactically correct order of subject, verb and object is changed in the sentence
Anecdote
A short and interesting story or an amusing event often proposed to support or demonstrate some point and make readers and listeners laugh
Archaism
Use of words and expressions that have become obsolete in the common speech of an era
Assonance
The repetition of identical or similar vowels in a sequence of nearby words
Antithesis
When two opposites are introduced in the same sentence. It is the juxtaposition of contrasting ideas, usually in a balanced way
Asyndeton
One or several conjunctions are omitted from a series of related clauses
Bathos
A sense of anticlimax so that the subject appears comical or ridiculous
Cacophony
Language that strikes the ear as harsh, rough and unmusical
Catharsis
Emotional discharge through which one can achieve a state of moral or spiritual renewal or achieve a state of liberation from anxiety and stress
Chiasmus
A rhetorical or literary figure in which words or grammatical constructions are repeated in inverted order, in the same or a modified form
Cliche
An expression or action so frequently used that it has become hackneyed or cloying
Colloquialism
The use of informal words, phrases or even slang in a piece of writing
Emotive Language
The use of language that derives or evokes emotions in the audience/reader
Euphemism
An inoffensive expression used in place of a blunt one that is felt to be disagreeable or embarrassing
Euphony
Language which strikes the ear as smooth, pleasant and musical
Idiom
A phrase that has a figurative meaning to it which can be frequently spoken in day to day conversations
Laconic
Using very few words
List of three
The use of 3 nouns listed out. It is often used to carry out an important message, and can be summarized
Metaphor
A figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity
Modals
Verbs used to express obligation, ability, possiblity
Paradox
A statement which seems on its face to be logically contradictory or absurd, yet turns out to be interpretive in a way that makes good sense
Parallelism
The use of components in a sentence that are grammatically same or similar in their construction, sound, meaning or meter
Prosody
The patterns of rhythm and sound in literature such as alliteration, assonance and onomatopoeia
Personal Pronoun
The grammatical use of words to address other people
Portmanteau
When two or more words are joined together to coin a new word, but always refers to a single concept
Pun
A play on words exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or fact that there are words which sound alike but have different meanings
Satire
A literary art of diminishing or derogating a subject by making it ridiculous and evoking towards it attitudes of amusement
Synthetic Personalization
Addressing mass audiences as though they were individuals through inclusive language
Statistics
Numerical or graphical information or data
Tone
The attitudes being expressed toward the subject and implied toward the audience in a literary work
Simple Irony
The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect
Dramatic Irony
When the audience understands something about a character's actions or an event but the characters do not
Sophoclean Irony
A speaker's words having one meaning for him and another, significantly different and in some way contrasting, for the audience
Proleptic Irony
Occurs when an earlier event gives the audience foreshadowing of a later event in the play
Literal Text
The text means exactly what it says
Figurative Text
The text doesn't literally mean what it says
Sub-Text
The underlying message of a text that is not explicitly stated or shown
Context
The circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea, and in terms of which it can be fully understood and assessed
Intertext
A literary text that is related to one or more other texts
Periodic Sentence
A sentence that is not grammatically complete until the end
Compound Sentence
Two or more separate clauses connected by a semicolon and coordinating conjunction
Complex Sentence
Formed by adding one or more dependent clauses to the main independent clause using conjunctions and/or relative pronouns
Balanced Sentence
A sentence made up of two parts that are roughly equal in length, importance, and grammatical structure
Non-sentence
A word, clause, or phrase that does not form a complete sentence
Syntax
The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language
Hook
An opening statement (which is usually the first sentence) in an essay that attempts to grab the reader's attention so that they want to read on
Mood
The overall emotion and atmosphere the author intends the reader to feel while reading the book
Element, Example, Effect
3 E's of Analysis
Characterization
The way that people are represented in a film, play, or book so that they seem real and natural
Caricature
A picture, description, or imitation of a person in which certain striking characteristics are exaggerated in order to create a comic or grotesque effect
Pathos
An element in experience or in artistic representation evoking pity or compassion
Logos
To appeal to the audiences' sense of reason or logic
Ethos
The character or emotions of a speaker or writer that are expressed in the attempt to persuade an audience
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