What are Resources of Language?

Linguistic devices or techniques that a writer can use

What is an apostrophe?

Direct address, usually to someone/something not present

The repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds

The special language of a profession or group

2-syllable foot w/ unaccented syllable followed by accented

The mood of a verb that gives an order

The arrangement of materials in a work

What is a periodic sentence?

A sentence grammatically complete at only one end

A three-line stanza rhymed aba, bcb, cdc

A pithy saying, often using contrast. Brief and pointed

What is a heroic couplet?

Two end-stopped iambic pentameter lines rhymed aa,bb,cc

What are Narrative Techniques?

The methods involved in telling a story.

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That which goes before, especially the word, phrase, or clause to which a pronoun refers
Ellipsis
Antecedent
Parallel Structure
Clause
2
A metrical foot of three syllables, an accented syllable followed by two unaccented syllables
Ballad Meter
Pentameter
Dactyl
Sonnet
3
What is a soliloquy?
A speaker's, author's, or character's opinion of a subject
Writing that uses figures of speech like metaphors and irony
When a speaker who is alone speaking his/her thoughts aloud.
A conventional pattern, expression, character, or idea
4
What is tone?
The devices used in effective or persuasive language
The main thought expressed by a work
The manner in which an author expresses his or her attitude
something that is itself and a sign of something else
5
The structure of a sentence
Syntax
Strategy
Satire
Style
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What are Resources of Language?
items or parts that make up a larger picture or story
The techniques of deploying the sound of words
Linguistic devices or techniques that a writer can use
The vantage point from which a story is told
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A story in which people, things, and events have another symbolic meaning
Lyrical
Allegory
Connotation
Convention
8
Multiple meanings a literary work communicates, especially two meanings that are incompatible
Devices of Sound
Thesis
Ambiguity
Rhetorical Techniques
9
What is an apostrophe?
The implications of a word or phrase
A similar grammatical structure in a sentence or a paragraph
The use of material unrelated to the subject of a work
Direct address, usually to someone/something not present
10
A form of reasoning in which two statements are made and a conclusion is drawn from them.
Metaphor
Resources of Language
Point of View
Syllogism
11
What is assonance?
A line with a pause at the end (punctuation)
The repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds
A line of four feet
Rhyme that occurs within a line, rather than at the end
12
A figure of speech using indirection to avoid offensive bluntness
Figurative Language
Symbol
Euphemism
Simile
13
What is jargon?
The special language of a profession or group
A question asked for effect, not a reply
The repetition of identical or similar consonant sounds
The position a writer takes to support or prove their work
14
What is an iamb?
2-syllable foot w/ unaccented syllable followed by accented
Unrhymed iambic pentameter
4-lines rhymed abcb: 4ft in lines 1&3 and 3ft in lines 2&4
A line containing five feet
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Characterized by distortion or incongruities
Omniscient PoV
Grotesque
Stereotype
Reliability
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What is imperative?
The mood of a verb that gives an order
A figure of speech in which intent and actual meaning differ
The management of language for a specific effect
The view point of a story where a narrator can know anything
17
What is structure?
The arrangement of materials in a work
The mode of expression in language
Writing seeking to gain a reader's disapproval of a subject
The dictionary meaning of a word
18
A statement that seems to be self-contradicting but, in fact, is true.
Imagery
Paradox
Details
Blank Verse
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What is a periodic sentence?
A sentence grammatically complete at only one end
A device of style so often used it becomes recognized
The omission of 1+ words necessary for complete construction
A group of words containing a subject and its verb
20
What is terza rima?
songlike; characterized by emotion and imagination
A quality of some narrators whom the reader can trust.
A three-line stanza rhymed aba, bcb, cdc
Deliberate exaggeration, overstatement
21
A line containing six feet
Hexameter
Tetrameter
Internal Rhyme
Stanza
22
To restrict or limit in meaning
Oxymoron
Parable
Modify
Digression
23
Explicitly instructive
Literal
Didactic
Denotation
Hyperbole
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A seven-line stanza of iambic pentameter rhymed ababbcc
Free Verse
Onomatopoeia
End-stopped
Rhyme Royal
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What is an epigram?
A combination of opposites; the union of contradictory terms
A story designed to suggest a principle, moral, or answer.
Language that endows the nonhuman with human characteristics
A pithy saying, often using contrast. Brief and pointed
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What is a heroic couplet?
Poetry not written in traditional meter but still rhythmical
The use of words whose sounds suggest their meaning
Grouping of three+ lines with the same meter & rhyme scheme
Two end-stopped iambic pentameter lines rhymed aa,bb,cc
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Word Choice
Irony
Attitude
Diction
Allusion
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What are Narrative Techniques?
The methods involved in telling a story.
A comparison without using "Like" or "As"
The background of a story
The images, sensory details, and language of a literary work

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