Frage | Antworten |
Pathetic fallacy | The weather represents emotion/evokes the atmosphere |
Ellipsis | ... |
Fiction hooks | The literary device whereby you hook the reader's attention and intrigue them enough so that they'll keep reading. |
Sentence Structure | Use Sentence structure to show pace |
Tripling | Putting lists in 3's |
Repetition | Repeating something that has already been said or written |
Onomatopoeia | A word that sounds like the thing it is describing |
Metonymy of gloom and horror | Objects are used to stand for something else that evokes gloom and horror |
Withholding information | When info is withheld from the reader |
Powerful adjectives | Describing something in a vivid, powerful way |
Show don’t tell | A type of withholding info - Describing what will happen without giving away the answer. Make the reader work it out. |
Red herrings | A clue or piece of information which is or is intended to be misleading or distracting. |
Changing perspectives | Switching from different people/things. 1st person/omniscient narrator |
Changing pronouns to add mystery | Used to replace a verb and make the sentence more interesting. It also withholds information. [he, she, they, none, which] |
Releasing tension with sarcasm to lull into false sense of security | Building up tension to a moment and then dropping all the tension |
Varied punctuation | Varying punctuation to change pace |
Dropping clues | Dropping clues about what is going to happen |
Alliteration | The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. |
Changing mood | Changing the mood + emotion |
Cliff hangers | A dramatic and exciting ending to a piece of writing, leaving the reader in suspense |
Interruptions in speech | Characters interrupt speech, cutting the other off. |
Flashbacks | A scene in a film, novel, etc. set in a time earlier than the main story. |
Short paragraphs | Like short sentences, it changes the pace of the story |
Non-linear narrative | Where a story doesn't follow the traditional beginning > middle > end format. |
Changing font/italics/bold | Changing the appearance of the text to create tension and change the pace |
Imagery | Similes, Metaphors, Personification, Anthropomorphism |
Directly addressing the reader | Talking to the reader only and no body else to create tension |
Twists in the story | Building up and then releasing tension |
Rhetorical Questions | A question that isn't meant to be answered |
Stammering in speech | Can show fear and make the reader want to know what the character is saying to build tension |
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