Poetry
Film techniques
Narrative
Graphic/Visual
Potpourri
100
the repetition of a consonant sound
What is "alliteration"?
100
A camera angle that adds intimacy and makes expressions vivid
What is a "close-up"?
100
allows readers to learn about characters directly
What is "dialogue"?
100
highlights headings, subheadings, words of importance
What is "bold" or "italic"?
100
everyday speech characterized by informal language and shortened words
What is "colloquial language"?
200
the repetition of vowels close to one another
What is "assonance"?
200
a camera angle which focuses attention on a specific detail or facial expression
What is an "extreme close-up"?
200
helps align the reader's sympathies with the narrator, personalizes a text
What is "first person narrative"?
200
helps to make something stand out or could suggest something like warmth, purity or death, for example.
What is "color"?
200
a statement about one thing when the speaker or writer really means you to understand something else
What is "irony"?
300
words that mimic sounds
What is "onomatopoeia"?
300
a camera angle which is from overhead and seems 'God-like'
What is "bird's eye view"?
300
the overall feeling created in a text
What is "mood"?
300
may suggest light, movement, or emotions such as surprise
What is "line"?
300
gives a human quality to a thing
What is "personification"?
400
one word or image stands for another word or image
What is a "metaphor"?
400
camera angle from below
What is "worm's eye view"?
400
traditional stories handed down from generation to generation that may not be based on fact
What is "myth"?
400
physical gestures which communicate mood or attitude
What is "body language"?
400
the way something is delivered in writing or speech
What is "tone"?
500
a figure of speech making casual reference to a famous historical or literary figure or event
What is "allusion"?
500
a camera angle which focuses on context
What is "wide shot" or "wide angle"?
500
relationships between texts
What is "intertextuality"?
500
putting two elements or objects side by side
What is "juxtaposition"?
500
the combination of humor and criticism
What is "satire"?
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