Writer's Methods

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Syntax
Word order
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Lexical field/choice
word choice/field
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Semantic
meaning of word
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Synaesthesia
describing one sense in terms of another
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Intertextuality
referencing other literature
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Juxtaposition
contrasting of ideas
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motif
repeating event/theme/idea for effect
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blank verse
un-rhyming word in iambic pentameter
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diction
type of language in speech -formal/informal
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didactic
using language to instruct/inform
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allusion
brief and indirect reference to something of significance
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dramatic irony
when audience knows more than the characters
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aphorism
A statement of truth or opinion expressed in a witty or cinches way
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sensory imagery
descriptive language appealing to the senses - visual, auditory, tactile (touch), olfactory (smell), gustatory (taste)
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personal pronoun
I, he, she, they, you
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reflexive pronoun
Himself, myself, herself
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persona
voice in the poem
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ambiguity
imagery which is up to interpretation
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repetition
repeating words or phrase
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anaphora
repeating the start of lines
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layering/listing
building impact by listing
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staccato sentence
short/ abrupt sentence
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caesura
pauses in the middle of a line
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enjambment
new line in the middle of sentence
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monosyllabic
one syllable
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Quatrain
a stanza with four lines
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trochaic
stress on first
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iambic
stress on second
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assonance
repetition of vowels
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Fricative
repetition of 'th' and 'f'
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plosive
t,b,p,d,k,g sounds
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euphony
soft, harmonious sounds
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cacophony
harsh, unmelodious sounds
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sibilance
repetition of 's' sounds
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word choice/field

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Lexical field/choice

Card 3

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meaning of word

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Card 4

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describing one sense in terms of another

Back

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Card 5

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referencing other literature

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