Language Techniques
A comparison using like or as
What is a simile?
The ending of the story. Where conflicts are resolved and built-up tension is released.
What is resolution?
The emotion of a piece of writing. The feeling the writer creates for the reader.
What is mood?
The way an author creates and describes a character for the reader.
What is characterisation?
A set of forms taken by a verb to indicate the time
What is tense?
The language feature in the song lyric quote below:
"You ain’t nothin’ but a hound dog, cryin’ all the time."
What is a Metaphor?
The events that lead up to the main action.
What is Rising action?
The authors opinion on the topic at hand.
What is tone?
The aspects of a person's behavior and attitudes that make up that person's personality.
What is a character trait?
This is used:
To mark off words in a list
To separate the name(s) of people from the rest of the sentence
To separate extra bits of description from the rest of the sentence
What is a comma?
"potential power play" Is an example of this language feature.
The point at which the conflict or main action comes to a head.
What is Climax?
You can recognise the mood and tone by this.
What is language choice?
When writers tell us about a character.
What is direct characterisation?
This is used:
To take the place of missing letters in contractions
To make a singular noun a possessive noun
What is an apostrophe?
The continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza
What is Enjambment?
These are the five features of plot.
What are exposition, rising action, climax, falling action and resolution?
The dictionary definition of a word.
What is denotation?
The acronym STEAL stands for this.
The part of a sentence or clause containing a verb and stating something about the subject
What is a predicate?
the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect. A technique.
What is Juxtaposition?
The struggle between opposing forces, characters or emotions.
What is conflict?
An idea or feeling which a word invokes for a person in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
What is connotation?
Writers most often use this to show (not tell) things that reveal the personality of a character:
The character’s speech.
The character’s thoughts.
The effect the character has on others.
The character’s actions.
The physical “looks” of the character.
What is indirect characterisation?
a ____ that can form a complete sentence standing alone, having a subject and a predicate.
What is an independent clause?