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Linguistic devices and writing terms 17-34
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Key terms for story writers
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What is dramatic irony?
A character thinking back to an earlier part of the story
When the audience know something a character doesn’t
Character being very sarcastic
When you make something dramatic out of ivory
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What is characterisation?
A political organisation which every character belongs to
Where the main character works it all out
What characters are like
A character who takes action
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What is foreshadowing?
When your shadow stops working
Hinting at a future event before it happens
A shadow in the foreground
When four peoples’ shadows meet
4
What is a fable?
When you are far from able to tell a story
A short story often using animals as symbolise something
A short story which conveys a moral message
A story told in a barn or stable
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What does protagonist mean?
That you are pro tagging in graffiti
The main enemy of the story
What a character is like
The central character of the story
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What is hyperbole?
When you hype up the Super Bowl
When the narrator doesn’t tell the truth
When you proper hyperactive
When you exaggerate for comic effect
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Who is the narrator?
The person or perspective that tells the story
The central enemy of the story
The central bank in the middle of the story
The central character of the story
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What is personification?
Giving non-human objects human qualities
Giving nonliving objects animal qualities
Encasing a person in solitude
Giving a person an object of some quality
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What is the tone of the narrative?
The mood of a peace of writing
A storyteller that is a bit like a frog except more warty
When something is expressed by music
The general character of the way something is expressed
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What is a denouement?
The story’s resolution where plotlines are resolved
The central climax of the narrative
The exposition of the narrative where the scene is set
A French detective
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What is figurative language?
One thing representing another
Language which literally describes something
When you figure something out through language
A figure of speech not to be taken literally
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What is satire?
A story with a moral message
The use of humour and exaggeration to mock peoples’ actions
When you are sat for so long that you get tired
The mood of the delivery of words
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What is onomatopoeia?
Exaggerating your language for effect
Words that sound like what they are
When you pee on a mat
Insulting someone by doing an impression of them
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What is irony?
Being really sarcastic all the time
The stuff that grows out of elephants’ faces
When one thing represents another
A state which is deliberately the opposite of what you’d expect
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What is parody?
Imitating and exaggerating something to prove a point
Making jokes when it is inappropriate to do so
A paratrooper who is very deadly
Not being sensible in your telling of events
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What is conflict?
When someone is really struggling
When you con someone into flicking someone else
A disagreement or argument
When a fight gets worse
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What is a flashback?
When you turn around and flash a light back at someone
When you hint at a future event
A proper fast car which has a roof that comes down
The narrator recalls or experiences an earlier part of the story
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What is an antagonist?
The main enemy of the central character
The central character of the story
Someone symbolising something else
A massive ant who has gone to their nest
