Creative Recasting - Linguistic Devices

What is ANAPHORA?

• When a human takes on animal characteristics

• When a word / phrase is repeated throughout a text

• When a clause structure is repeated continually

• When a phoneme is repeated for effect

What is a PATHETIC FALLACY

• When atmosphere reflects mood

• When the author fails to entertain the audience

• When the author includes hidden messages in their work

• When abstract nouns are used to create an emotional connection

What is an OXYMORON?

• When multiple subordinate clauses are used to add more information

• When the author uses 2nd person pronouns such as "you" and "your"

• When

• When words with contradicting meanings are placed next to one another

What is PARALLELISM?

• When the same clause structure is followed

• When entire sentences are repeated throughout a text

• When parts of clauses are split using conjunctions

• When the author an author puts a mirror in the middle of his work and thinks: "Get in, double the word count!"

What is a METAPHOR?

• When something is compared to something else

• When something takes on the form of something else

• When the author uses a foreign language in their work

• When an absence of adjectives creates tension

What is PARATAXIS?

• When the same sentence structure is repeated throughout a text.

• When a collection of dynamic verbs are used to physically connect readers to a text

• When abbreviations are removed to increase formality

• When a passage uses a structure containing a sequence of mainly short, simple sentences

ALLITERATION is when _________ is repeated for effect.

• Phonemes

• Letters

• Vowels

• Latin verbs

What is a COLLOQUIALISM?

• Words / phrases taken from different languages

• Words / phrases belonging to different regions

• Words / phrases seen as taboo

• Words / phrases used as euphemisms

"I am hungry. I am starving. I am famished. I am completely ravenous!"

• Parataxis

• Parallelism

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

"His head is low, feelings broken, all hope lost. Time is up."

• Anaphora

• Parataxis

• Colloquialism

• Metaphor