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Techniques for future studies
english techniques for analysing texts in future exams
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English
7th Grade
01/05/2014

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Term

cumulative listing

 

 

Definition

list of random things.

not in a special order

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onomatopoeia
Definition

sound words.

BOOM

POW

Term
alliteration
Definition
repetition of the same letter in a phrase
Term
elipsis
Definition

...

used to tell unfinished sentences

Term
enjambment
Definition

run on lines on a poem

 

eg: I went to the           

marvelous beach 

Term
imperative
Definition
ordering, commanding forms of speech
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anaphora
Definition

repetition of the begining word

 

eg: I believe I can fly                      

I believe I can touch the sky

I believe.........                        

Term
repetition
Definition
word(s) used more than once
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indented stanza
Definition

a poem with a dent in one of the lines

 

eg: blah, blah, blah, blah

                 blah, blah, blah, blah

    blah, blah, blah, blah

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connotation
Definition
a stereotypical defenition of what people think
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assonance
Definition

a group of words with the same vowel sound

 

eg: How now brown cow

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simile
Definition
comparing two objects with like or as
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hyperbole
Definition
exaggeration
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sibilance
Definition
repetition of the 's' sound in a phrase
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rhetorical question
Definition

questions without an answer

just to stimulate thought

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epizeuxis
Definition

repetition of the same word

"No, no, no! It can't be"

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cyclic structure
Definition

the first phrase repeated at the end

 

eg: my mum~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~my mum

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personification
Definition
giving inanimate object human-like qualities
Term

imagery: 

        •      visual
        •      oral
        •     tactile
        •     gustatory
        •     olfactory
Definition

  words that focous on our five senses

look, sound, feel, taste, smell

Term
jusxtaposition
Definition

comarisons with two opposing pictures

 

[image]

Term
metaphor
Definition

word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable

or in easy terms:

exactly the same as simile but without like or as

Term
rhyme
Definition
when two words sound alike
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irony
Definition
opposite between what might be expected and what actually occurs
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euphemism
Definition
politer way of saying things
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oxymoron
Definition
two contrasting words next to each other

eg:pretty ugly
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jargon
Definition

special words used by specific people

priests: god holy peace...

Term
zoomorphism
Definition
giving humans animal like actions
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synecdoche
Definition

smaller unit representing a whole

 

eg: England lost by six wickets (meaning     ‘the English cricket team’).

Term
cacophony
Definition
series of harsh unpleasant sound
Term
digetic sound
Definition
the sounds that occur in the film
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undigetic sound
Definition
sounds that are not inside the films but the background music
Term
film narrator
Definition
undigetic sound that reveals some parts of the story
Term
dolly
Definition
when the camera follows the charater
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paradox
Definition

absurd or contradictory statement or proposition which when investigated may prove to be well founded or true

 

eg: you have to be cruel to be kind

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dramatic irony
Definition
when the audience knows more information than the characters
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pathetic fallacy
Definition
when the weather mimics the character's emotions
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allusion
Definition
reference to another text
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ambiguity
Definition
when the text has at least two interpretations
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aphorism
Definition
short and forsible sentence
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cliché
Definition

overused sentences

 

eg: they lived happily ever after

Term
colloquial speech
Definition
everyday speech
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monologue
Definition
speech by a single person
Term
motif
Definition
reoccurence of something in a text to help develop and inform the text's major theme
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sarcasm
Definition
tone that expreses critism
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lamentation
Definition
text with constant ooh and ahh
Term
double entendre
Definition
two meanings in a phrase
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anecdote
Definition
text about the past
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succint sentences
Definition

short.

brief.

sen-

ten-

ces-

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soliloquy
Definition
revealing characters feelings
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petulant tone
Definition
mimicing tone in a ridiculing way
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