Lincoln GCSE English Key Terms

An anecdote is

• A type of word

• A brief story about an interesting, amusing or strange event.

• A conversation between characters

• A sentence with two meanings.

Alliteration is

• Repetition of initial consonant sounds

• The high point of interest in a stroy

• A surprise ending

• Lesson taught by a literary work

Climax

• The fastest moment in a narrative

• Sequence of events

• The high point of interest or suspense

• A poem that tells a story

Dialect

• A form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group

• The result of two actions

• The use of words that imitate sounds

• A conversation between two or more people

Foreshadowing

• A category or type of literature.

• The moment four or more characters realise what's happening.

• A dark character who follows another character

• Clues in a narrative which suggest events that have yet to occur.

Dialogue

• A conversation between characters

• A form of language spoken in a particular region

• A measuring device used to grade how loud somehting is

• A sequence of events in a story

Genre

• Type of clothing a character wears in a story

• A category or type of literature.

• A conversation between characters

• The action of narrating or recounting somehting,

Irony

• A heavy object or issue within a story.

• The easiest pathway to resolve an issue in a story

• The moment a difficult situation is smoothed out.

• A figure of speech in which the intended meaning is opposite of that expressed in words.

Imagery

• Repetition of descriptions.

• Descriptive or figurative language used to create word pictures for the reader.

• A poem that tells a story.

• Pictures on a page of a book.

Exclamatory sentences do what?

• Make a statement which communicates emotion

• A sentence which explains something.

• A sentence with no punctuation.

• A surprising statement.