Language Features
Persuasive Language
Poetic Devices
Grammar & Parts of Language
Film Techniques
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The use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of what is actually said or written. eg: "The _____ of her reply, “How nice!” when I said I had to work all weekend."
What is irony?
200
A question that is posed by a writer or speaker that does not require an answer.
What is a rhetorical question?
200
The use of descriptive, figurative language that leaves the reader with a picture, or image, of what it being described.
What is imagery?
200
Is used in the place of a noun. It substitutes the noun in a paragraph or piece of writing to avoid repetition of the noun.
What is a Pronoun?
200
An intimate view, shot or description of a character or object.
What is a close-up?
300
The repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of two or more consecutive words.
eg: Kind Kate Kissed Karl.
What is alliteration?
300
A word or phrase used more than once to reinforce a point.
eg: We must try. We must work harder.
What is repetition?
300
A group of lines within a poem.
What is a stanza?
300
A word that joins two clauses. eg: but, and.
What is a conjunction?
300
The conversational transactions of and between actors that reveal the plot.
What is dialogue?
400
A repeated image, sound, action or phrase that builds a pattern within a story.
What is motif ?
400
A tale or story used by composers to illustrate or introduce a particular point.
What is an anecdote?
400
Attributing a personal nature or human characteristics to something non-human or representing an abstract quality in human form.
What is Personification?
400
A sentence containing a subject and a verb that expresses a complete thought and can stand alone as a grammatically correct sentence.
What is an independent clause?
400
An example of this type of lighting often creates a halo or silhouette of a character
What is Back Lighting?
500
When one word in a phrase contradicts another. eg: small giant, cruel kindness.
What is an oxymoron?
500
To make an ethical appeal, charities like Greenpeace or PETA often use it.
What is Ethos?
500
The mood or atmosphere of a piece of writing.
What is tone?
500
A sentence containing a subject and a verb that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence because it does not express a complete thought
What is a dependent clause?
500
All the elements that the responder sees/hears in a particular scene including lighting, costuming, music, props.
What is mise-en-scene?
600
Repeating a word/phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences.
What is anaphora?
600
The ability to use argument, reason, strategy and language to influence someone's thinking.
What is persuasion?
600
Words that SOUND like the words they are describing.
eg: buzz, hiss, crash, zoom.
What is onomatopoeia?
600
A specific, capitalized name used to identify a unique person, place, organization, or distinct entity rather than a general class or category.
What is a proper noun?
600
An abrupt, jarring transition within a continuous shot that breaks time continuity to induce tension.
What is Jump Cut?
700
Using a related term to stand for something else e.g. 'Downing Street' for the UK government.
What is metonymy?
700
Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. eg. It is bigger than the Superbowl
What is Hyperbole?
700
A way a poet can provide rhythm, usually involving the last word of each line in the poem.
What is Rhyme?
700
A feeling or emotion- a thing that you can not see.
eg: happiness, anxiety, enthusiasm, hatred.
What is an abstract noun?
700
The sweeping of the camera to give the viewer information about the setting of a film.
What is panning?
800
Repeating a word/phrase at the end of successive clauses or sentences.
What is epistrophe?
800
To persuade an audience by purposely evoking certain emotions to make them feel the way the author wants them to.
What is Pathos?
800
It is a powerful technique that can enhance your poems by adding layers of meaning, emotion, and creativity. It involves using images, words, or objects that represent something else.
What is Symbolism?
800
A word that describes a verb. eg: lazily, angrily, selfishly, considerately.
What is an adverb?
800
Used to create a sense of unease for a viewer, usually in horror
What is a Dutch Angle/Tilt Shot?
900
Asking a question and then immediately answering it.
What is hypophora?
900
The use of words such as "I, we, ours and us" to create a sense of commonality between composer and responder.
What is inclusive language?
900
Describes the rhythm (or pattern of beats) in a line of poetry. It combines the number of beats and the arrangement of stressed and non-stressed syllables in each line.
What is Meter?
900
The noun, pronoun, or noun phrase that receives the action performed by the subject.
What is the object of a sentence?
900
Sound or noise associated with the action of the film including dialogue, a train's whistle, crying.
What is diegetic sound?
1000
Deliberately omitting or repeatedly using conjunctions to alter rhythm and emphasis.
What is Asyndeton / polysyndeton?
1000
The author makes clear, logical connections between ideas, and includes the use of facts and statistics.
What is Logos?
1000
A literary term for the attribution of human emotion and conduct to things found in nature that are not human
What is Pathetic Fallacy?
1000
The arrangement of words in sentences, clauses, and phrases, and the study of the formation of sentences and the relationship of their component parts.
What is Syntax?
1000
A low-angle shot gives power to those higher up, but this is a more exaggerated version. Opposite of a birds-eye view
What is a Worm's Eye View?