A comparison to show how one thing is similar to another, making it easier to understand or more memorable
Analogy
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A rhetorical technique where opposing words or ideas are presented together to show a contrast.
Antithesis
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Writing that makes the reader feel like they're watching a film
Cinematic Writing
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Part of sentence that has a subject and a verb. Main clauses make sense on their own.
Clause
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A sentence that links together two or more clauses.
Complex sentence
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Two main clauses joined to make one sentence using a conjunction such as 'but', 'and' and 'so'
Compound sentence
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A word that goes before a noun to show possession or quantity (e.g.: 'his', 'two')
Determiner
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When a writer talks straight to the reader, e.g.: 'you might recall...'
Direct address
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A narrative in which one story is presented within another.
Frame narrative
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A statement that gives an overall impression (sometimes a misleading one) without going into details, e.g.: 'children today eat too much junk food'
Generalisation
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A conclusion reached about something, based on evidence. e.g.: from the sentence 'Yasmin wrinkled her nose at the lasagne' - you could infer that Yasmin doesn't like lasagne
Interference
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Altering the normal word order for emphasis, eh: 'On the table sat a hedgehog.'
Inversion
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A narrator who only has partial knowledge about the events or characters in a story
Limited narrator
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Language techniques that are used to have an effect on an audience, e.g.: onomatopoeia
Linguistic devices
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A neutral, unbiased style of writing which contains facts rather than opinions
Objective writing
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A narrator who knows the thoughts and feelings of all characters in a narrative
Omniscient narrator
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A determiner such as 'your' or 'my' that tells you who something belongs to
Possessive determiner
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A pronoun such as 'yours' or 'mine' that tells you who something belongs to
Possessive pronoun
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
A rhetorical technique where opposing words or ideas are presented together to show a contrast.
Back
Antithesis
Card 3
Front
Writing that makes the reader feel like they're watching a film
Back
Card 4
Front
Part of sentence that has a subject and a verb. Main clauses make sense on their own.
Back
Card 5
Front
A sentence that links together two or more clauses.
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