The repetition of the consonants at the beginning of a series of words. The effect is to reinforce an image or develop the lyrical qualities of the poem.
What is alliteration?
100
The word we use to refer to the direct speech of characters in a story or play. What characters say tells the reader a lot about the character and moves the action forward.
What is dialogue?
100
This device is often used when a writer or speaker wants to make the reader think seriously about the topic in a personal way.
What is rhetorical question?
100
The section of the image (a third of the total image) that is closest to the audience. This tends to be the bottom third of the text.
What is the foreground?
100
The content or subject matter of a news story, feature article or other informative text.
What is the topic?
200
Devices like metaphor, personification and symbolism used by poets to represent ideas through images.
What is imagery?
200
A word used to describe different types of stories with recognisable patterns that help the reader predict what might happen. Some examples are: romance, horror, thriller, science fiction, mystery.
What is genre?
200
A device used by persuasive writers to appeal to our feelings of guilt or fear, or make us care about the topic.
What is emotive language?
200
People, places, animals, objects, graphics used in a visual text. They can act as ‘shortcuts’, having associated and conventional meanings
What is an image?
200
A play on words and meanings that might be used in the headline or title to attract attention and hint at the subject and purpose of the text.
What is a pun?
300
When the same word or group of words is used throughout the poem to develop an idea. It may also be the use of the same sound or the same line.
What is repetition?
300
When the story is told by a character who experiences the events of the story. The reader identifies with the character and feels as if he or she gets inside the characters head.
What is first person point of view?
300
When persuasive writing uses statistics, expert opinions or quotations from reliable sources to convince the reader of the rightness of the argument or opinion.
What is evidence or an appeal to authority?
300
The way items are organised in the visual space. Where they are and in what relationship to other items.
What is layout or composition?
300
The use of verbs that convey action, drama and excitement.
What is active voice?
400
A popular poetic structure with pairs of lines that end with the same sound and have the same length and rhythm.
What is a couplet?
400
The main character of the story and usually the one who has obstacles to overcome by the end of the story.
What is a protagonist?
400
A one sided view of an issue.
What is bias?
400
Used to represent, convey ideas and concepts. Icons and images that have special cultural and social significance.
What is symbolism?
400
Statements made by witnesses or relevant experts on an event or situation?
What is a direct quote?
500
This kind of poem has a recognisable structure, has a long history and tells a story. It usually has four line stanzas and a chorus, but not always.
What is a ballad?
500
The part of the story where everything is resolved for the main character and the moral of the story is made clear.
What is a coda?
500
A personal story used by the writer to illustrate a point and get the reader on side.
What is an anecdote?
500
A device that forms a relationship with the audience through the perspective of the subject. If the subject is
pictured looking directly into the camera, they are demanding the audience's attention. In contrast, if the subject is looking away from the camera, they are making an offer for the audience's attention. An offer is not as strong or powerful as a demand.
What is gaze?
500
Technical terms related to a specific subject and necessary to discuss the subject in a knowledgeable way.