Spoken Language

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  • Created on: 07-11-17 18:28
Allusion
An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference
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Analepsis
Past event is narrated at a point later than its chronological place in a story
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Antagonist
A person who is opposed to, competes with another; opponent
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Archetype
Typical example of a certain person or thing
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Aside
Remark of passage that is intended to be heard by the audience but unheard by other characters in the play
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Audience
The assembled spectators at a public event
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Bathos
An effect of anti climax created by unintentional lapse in mood
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Black Comedy
Film or play that looks at the humorous side of things that is normally taken very seriously like death or illness
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Character
A person represented in a film, play or story
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Cliche
Saying or remark that is often said and isn't original
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Climax
The most exciting or interesting part of a story or situation
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Colloquialism
Informal word or expression; Slang
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Comic Relief
Inclusion of a humorous character, scene, or witty dialogue in an otherwise serious work, often to release tension
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Convention
A way in which something is usually done
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Euphemism
Mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing
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Falling Action
Part of a literary plot that occurs after the climax has been reached and the conflict has been resolved
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Simile
Figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another
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Stereotype
Widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing
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Farce
An event or situation that is absurd or disorganised
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Hyperbole
Exaggerated statements that are not to be taken seriously
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Imagery
Visually descriptive or figurative language
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Innuendo
An allusive or oblique remark or hint, typically a suggestive or disbarring one
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Intertexuality
The relationship between texts
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Irony
The expression of ones meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect
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Metaphor
A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable
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Mood
The atmosphere or pervading tone of something
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Oxymoron
Where contradictory terms appear in conjunction
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Pathetic Fallacy
The attribution of human feelings and responses to inanimate things or animals
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Parody
An imitation of a style with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect
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Pathos
A quality that evokes pity or sadness
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Protagonist
Leading character
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Realism
Attitude or practice of accepting a situations it is and being prepared to deal with it accordingly
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Rhetoric
Language designed to have a persuasive or impressive effect, but which is often regarded as lacking in sincerity or meaningful content
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Rising Action
The build up of a series of events leading up to the climax
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Setting
Where an event takes place
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Tension
Relationship between ideas with conflicting demands or implications
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Theme
The subject of something e.g a topic
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Emphatic
Expressing something forcibly and clearly
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Past event is narrated at a point later than its chronological place in a story

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Analepsis

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A person who is opposed to, competes with another; opponent

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Card 4

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Typical example of a certain person or thing

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Card 5

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Remark of passage that is intended to be heard by the audience but unheard by other characters in the play

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