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English Techniques Flash Cards
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Allegory: Story with a double meaning: one primary (on the surface) and one secondary. |
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Alliteration: Repetition of consonants at the start of words or in a sentence or phrase. |
Consonance: Repetition of consonants throughout a sentence or phrase. |
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Personification: The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something non-human, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form. |
Tone: The way composer or character feels conveyed by word choice. |
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Person: First person refers to the speaker himself or a group that includes the speaker (i.e., I, me, we and us). Second person refers to the speaker’s audience (i.e., you). Third person refers to everybody else (e.g., he, him, she, her, it, they, them), including all other nouns (e.g. James, Swedish, fish, mice). |
Theme: Message or moral of a story – makes us ponder bigger issues in life. |
