The way a writer or speaker uses words and tone to express ideas as well as his or her persona.
What is voice
100
The emotion in a literary work.
What is mood
100
A form of a verb that is used as some other part of speech.
What is a verbal
100
The perspective from which a narratiave is told.
What is point of view
100
A single piece of film uninterrupted by cuts.
What is a shot
200
Deliberate, extravagant, and often outrageous exaggeration.
What is hyperbole
200
The central message of a literary work.
What is theme
200
A verb form that can be used as a noun, adjective, or an adverb. The word "to" usually appears in front of the verb form.
What is an infinitive
200
The struggle or problem in a story.
What is conflict
200
pan, tilt, zoom, dolly tracking, boom crane
What are camera movements
300
Ordinary written or spoken language using sentences and paragraphs; not poetry, drama or song.
What is prose
300
The writer's attitude toward a subject, character or audience.
What is tone
300
A verbal that functions as an adjective.
What is a participle
300
The use of hints or clues in a narrative to suggest future action.
What is foreshadowing
300
cut, fade, dissolve, wipe, flashback, shot-reverse-shot, cross-cutting, eye-line match
What are editing techniques
400
Specific methods used in print, graphics, or video to persuade people to buy a product or use a service. Examples: bandwagon, avant-garde, testimonial, facts and figures, tranfer.
What are advertising techniques
400
The distinctive way a writer uses language.
What is style
400
A verbal that ends in -ing and functions as a noun. Example: Trusting my instincts, I didn't answer my cell phone.
What is a gerund
400
When a speaker or narrator says one thing while meaning the opposite.
What is irony
400
A shot taken from eye level, above the subject or below the subject.
What are camera angles
500
The use of emotional, ethical, and logical arguments to persuade in writing or speaking. Examples: rhetoric, pathos, ethos, logos.
What are rhetorical appeals
500
An explanation of your example and how it supports your analysis.
What is commentary
500
Joins independent clauses and indicates the relationship between them. Example: however
What is a conjunctive adverb
500
A unifying element in an artistic work.
What is motif
500
Sound that cannot be heard by the characters, but is designed for audience reaction only.