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Macrocosm
________: a larger whole represents a smaller part or parts.
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Sibilance
________: hissing /whooshing sound (e.g she sells seashells by the seashore)-
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Microcosm
________: a smaller part represents a larger whole.
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Assonance
________: vowel rhymes normally found in the middle of a word (e.g she fell asleep under the willow tree**)**
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Consonance
________: repeated consonant sounds at any point in successive words (e.g front and center)
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thematic argument
By highlighting the incongruence of a situation or action, irony draws attention to a plot point, character trait, or ________.
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Fricative Alliteration
________: ‘ v and ‘ f sounds to give an airy /breathless sound (e.g flowers slowly fading in the spring fields)- mysterious + light atmospheres.
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Symmetrical Alliteration
________: phrase begins and ends with the same sound in a mirrored format (e.g the boys played patacake badly)
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Irony
________ is used to create humor, suspense, and emphasis on a certain point.
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Verbal irony
________: When a characters words are contradictory to their intent- words dont match thoughts.
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Situational irony
________: When an expected outcome is overturned.
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Plosive Alliteration
________: sounds which block the air movement (b, g, k, p) (e.g Bella broke the breakfast bar perched on the tabletop)- added emphasis + meaning.
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Liquid Alliteration
________: ‘ l and ‘ r sounds (e.g the father played the rattle for the baby)- fluid + light.
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Situational irony
When an expected outcome is overturned
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Cosmic irony
A subset of situational irony that highlights incongruities between the absolute, theoretical world and the mundane, grounded reality of everyday life
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Dramatic irony
When the reader/ audience knows something the main character does not
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Microcosm
a smaller part represents a larger whole
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Macrocosm
a larger whole represents a smaller part or parts
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Sibilance
hissing/whooshing sound (e.g she sells seashells by the seashore) -
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Consonance
repeated consonant sounds at any point in successive words (e.g front and center)
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Assonance
vowel rhymes normally found in the middle of a word (e.g she fell asleep under the willow tree**)**
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Dental Alliteration
‘d and ‘t sounds (e.g Danny turned his table upside down)
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Vocalic Alliteration
same vowel sounds are repeated at the beginning of a set of words (e.g exceptional work was produced by every editor)
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General Alliteration
beginning sound is repeated in every word in a phrase (e.g Sophie saw a sausage stand)
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Unvoiced alliteration
alliteration on paper but not when read (e.g Penny partied with a purple pterodactyl)
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Symmetrical Alliteration
phrase begins and ends with the same sound in a mirrored format (e.g the boys played patacake badly)

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