Language and structure

    Cards (48)

    • Alliteration
      The repetition of the same consonant sound, especially at the beginning of words.
    • Allusion
      A reference to another event, person, place or work.
    • Ambiguity
      Use of language where the meaning is unclear or has two or more possible meanings or interpretations.
    • Anaphora
      Repetition at the start of a sentence or statement.
    • Antithesis
      Opposites - direct contrast.
    • Colloquial
      Ordinary everyday speech and language (slang or dialect)
    • Connotation
      An implied meaning
    • Dramatic Irony
      When the audience knows something the characters on stage do no (Birling saying how great The Titanic is in an Inspector calls)
    • Direct Address
      When the writer speaks directly to the reader.
    • Hyperbole
      Exaggeration (usually for comic effect)
    • Imagery
      The use of words to create a picture or "image" in your head.
    • Juxtaposition
      Placing two ideas/statements/things near each other in order to compare and contrast.
    • Metaphor
      Direct comparison saying one thing IS another (not 'like').
    • Onomatopoeia
      Words which sound like the things they are describing: "bang", "crash", "squelch" etc .
    • Oxymoron
      Two things which are generally incompatible put together, like "bitter sweet".
    • Pathetic fallacy
      When surroundings or weather reflect a mood of a character or event (Frankenstein's stormy night)
    • Personification
      Giving living attributes to inanimate or non human things - is a type of metaphor. "Time must untie this knot".
    • Protagonist
      The main character.
    • Pun
      A play on words: "Time must untie this knot, not I..." from Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.
    • Satire
      The highlighting or exposing of human foolishness making fun of them. This kind of writing can range from being gentle and light to extremely biting and bitter in tone (see Charlie Brooker on TV).
    • Simile
      Direct comparison using like or as.
    • Statistics
      (in nonfiction) facts and figures
    • Structure
      The way a poem or play or other piece of writing has been put together
    • Symbol
      Like the use of images, symbols present things which represent something else.
    • Syntax
      Refers to the way in which words are placed together in writing.
    • Simple sentence
      A sentence which contains only one main clause. They are often short and simple (eg. The boy ran quickly) but this kind of sentence could be long too. Eg. "The boy wearing the black and white padded jacket ran quickly down the road at lunchtime". It contains a simple subject and predicate.
    • Compound sentence
      A _____ sentence consists of at least two main clauses joined together by a conjunction. Co-ordinating conjunctions are words which join two parts of a sentence together so that neither part is more important than the other eg. and, but, or, nor, either, neither.
    • Complex sentence
      A ________sentence consists of a main clause plus one or more subordinate clauses. A subordinate clause cannot stand on its own and may come before or after the main clause.
    • Adverb
      Adds information to a verb
    • Verb
      A doing word (ran), or a state of being (is , was)
    • Noun
      A person, place or thing.
    • Pronoun
      Replaces a name (he, she, it, them, their, your etc)
    • Abstract Noun
      A thing that does not physically exist like 'love' and 'fear
    • Adjective
      Describes a noun
    • Preposition
      Shows relation of one thing to another - on, at, in, by
    • Conjunction
      Joins word and clauses: 'and' 'so' 'where' etc.
    • Present Participle
      Verb ending in 'ing': Walking, talking and jumping and so on
    • Interrogative
      Basically, a question - think of interrogate. Can be a Sentence or a word. "What?"
    • End-stopped line
      A line ending in a full pause, usually indicated with a full stop or semicolon.
    • Anecdote
      A brief account of an interesting incident or event that usually is intended to entertain or to make a point.
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