Key terms 4.0 / 5 based on 1 rating ? English LiteratureRandomGCSECCEA Created by: orlagh_marieCreated on: 18-12-14 21:02 Allegory Extended metaphor 1 of 19 Alliteration Repetition of sound 2 of 19 Antithesis Two opposite ideas 3 of 19 Assonance Repetition of vowel sounds 4 of 19 Context Circumstances/Ideas/Motivation 5 of 19 Couplet Pair of rhymed lines 6 of 19 Denouement The conclusion of a play 7 of 19 Epiphany Sudden realization of truth 8 of 19 Exposition Opening of a play, when players are introduced 9 of 19 Hybrid 2 or more genres 10 of 19 Hyperbole Exaggeration for comic effect 11 of 19 Imagery Pictures created in the reader's mind, evoking their imagination 12 of 19 Leitmotif Recurrent theme/phrase 13 of 19 Lexicon Vocabulary of writer 14 of 19 Metaphor Links 2 dissimilar things 15 of 19 Metre Pace, rhythm 16 of 19 Personification Human attributes to inanimate objects/animals 17 of 19 Rhetoric Speech used to persuade 18 of 19 Syntax Sentence structure 19 of 19
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