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| Question | Answer |
| ALLITERATION | the first letter of a word is repeated in words that follow; the cold, crisp, crust of clean, clear ice. |
| ASSONANCE | the same vowel sound is repeated but the consonants are different; he passed her a sharp, dark glance, shot a cool, foolish look across the room. |
| COLLIQUIAL | language that is used in speech with an informal meaning; 'chill', 'out of this world', 'take a rain check'. |
| DIALECT | the version of language spoken by particular people in a particular area, such as Scots. |
| DIALOUGE | conversation between two people; sometimes an imagined conversation between the narrator and the reader. This is important in drama and can show conflict through a series of statements and challenges. |
| DISSONANCE | a discordant combinations of sounds; the clash, spew and slow pang of grinding waves against the quay. |
| ENJAMBMENT | a device used in poetry where a sentence continues beyond the end of the line or verse. This technique is often used to maintain a sense of continuation from one stanza to another. |
| HYPERBOLE | exaggerating something for literary purposes which is not meant to be taken literally; we gorged on the banquet of beans on toast. |
| IMAGERY | similes, metaphors and personification; they all compare something 'real' with something 'imagined'. |
| IRONY | the humorous or sarcastic use of words or ideas, implying the opposite of what they mean. |
| METAPHOR | a word or phrase used to imply figurative, not literal or 'actual', resemblance; he flew into the room. |
| MONOLOUGE | an uninterrupted monologue can show a character's importance or state of mind. Monologue can be in speech form, delivered in front of other characters and having great thematic importance. |
| ONOMATOPOEIA | a word that sounds like the noise it is describing: 'splash', 'bang', 'pop', 'hiss'. |
| OXYMORON | Where two words normally not associated are brought together: 'cold heat' 'bitter sweet'. |
| PATHOS | language that evokes feelings of pity or sorrow. |
| PERSONIFACATION | attributing a human quality to a thing or idea: the moon calls me to her darkened world. |
| REPETITION | the repetition of a word or phrase to achieve a particular effect. |
| RHYME | the way that words sound the same at the end of lines in poetry. Poems often have a fixed rhyme-scheme. |
| RHYTHM | a repetitive beat or metre within a poem. Tennyson's poem The Lady of Shallot uses a strong internal rhythm to build up the sense of unrelenting monotony in the poem. |
| SIMILE | a phrase which establishes similarity between two things to emphasize the point being made. This usually involves the words 'like' or 'as'; 'he is as quick as an arrow in flight', 'as white as snow', 'like a burning star'. |
| SYMBOLISM | often objects, colours, sounds and places work as symbols. They can sometimes give us a good insight into the themes. white usually symbolizes innocence and a ringing bell can be a symbol for impending doom. |
| TONE | the writer's tone or voice or atmosphere or feeling that pervades the text, such as sadness, gloom, celebration, joy, anxiety, dissatisfaction, regret or anger. |
| WORD CHOICE | sometimes called 'register', this is the common thread in an author's choice of language. Authors may use words commonly associated with religion. |
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