EALD Test 1 - Literary Techniques and Text structure Vocabulary

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figurative language

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Types of writing which are not literal – such as metaphor, hyperbole, symbolism, etc.

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interior monologue

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Another word for inner voice

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tone

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The quality in the voice of the author or characters which communicates feeling or mood

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audience

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The person or group of people a text is written for

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verses

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The main parts, like “paragraphs”, of a song.

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contrast

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A technique used to show or emphasise the differences between two different things

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narrator

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The character, or person, who tells what is happening in a story or poem

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rhythm

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The music, or beat of a poem

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description

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The technique used for writing about what something looks, smells, tastes, feels or sounds like.

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personification

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To give a thing or idea human or animal characteristics