vocab

• What is an adjective?

  Describing word
• What does anaphora refer to?

  Repeated words at the beginning of lines
• What is the purpose of apostrophes?

  Shows missing letters or possession
• What is a caesura in poetry?

  A pause in the middle of a line
• What does characterisation involve?

  Creation of a fictional character
• What defines a complex sentence?

  Contains at least one subordinate clause
• What is a compound sentence?

  A sentence with two main clauses
• What does connotation refer to?

  Associated or symbolic meaning of a word
• What is dramatic irony?

  When the audience knows more than characters
• What does ellipsis indicate?

  A pause or missing information
• What is enjambment in poetry?

  Line runs onto the next without punctuation
• What does ethos appeal to?

  An audience's ethics and values
• What is foregrounding in literature?

  Bringing something to the reader's attention
• What is foreshadowing?

  Hints towards future events in a narrative
• What is free verse in poetry?

  Poetry with no strict rhythm or rhyme
• What does hamartia mean?

  A fatal flaw in a character
• What is hyperbole?

  Exaggeration for effect
• What is iambic pentameter?

  Verse with 10 syllables and regular beat
• What does juxtaposition involve?

  Contrasting ideas placed near each other
• What does logos appeal to?

  An audience's logic and reason
• What is a metaphor?

  Saying something is something else
• What is a microcosm?

  A community representing something larger
• What is a motif?

  A repeated image with symbolic meaning
• What is a noun?

  A naming word
• What is a narrative arc?

  The structure of a story
• What is an oxymoron?

  Two opposite ideas placed next to each other
• What is pathetic fallacy?

  Using non-human things to convey emotions
• What does pathos aim to do?

  Bring out an emotional response
• What is personification?

  Giving human characteristics to non-human things
• What is prose?

  Written language in ordinary form
• Who is the protagonist?

  Main character in a narrative
• What is a pun?

  A joke exploiting word meanings
• What is a refrain in poetry?

  A repeated line or lines in a poem
• What is a rhetorical question?

  A question for persuasive effect
• What is rhyme?

  When ends of words sound alike
• What is rhythm in poetry?

  The beat in a poem
• What is a semantic field?

  A set of words linked in meaning
• What is a simile?

  Comparing using 'like' or 'as'
• What is a simple sentence?

  A sentence with one main clause
• What is a soliloquy?

  A speech revealing a character's thoughts