Juxtaposition/sequence of events - what scenes are directly placed next to each other to create meaning? E.g.

rabbit proof fence. A shot of the children holding onto the fence, then quickly a shot to the family holding onto the fence. Shows the meaning of a connection? Pun - play on words e.g.: the title of the text is called "tyred". This depicts that at the end of the journey, she's actually "tired" but adds a humorous aspect by using the word "tyre" in relation to her road trip. This shows a comical, yet tedious journey... Alliteration - the occurrence in close proximity of two or more words having the same sounds (constantans) fishing furiously with a furry grin. This creates (from the example) for the audience the extent of the character's behaviour while fishing. Assonance - like alliteration, but with vowel sounds. E.g.: and all is seared with trade - bleared, smeared with toil. Clich - overused, outworn phrase or short sentence e.g.: pretty as a picture, clean as a whistle. Jargon - specialised words for a specific profession or groups. E.g.: musical jargon: "through-composed", or internet jargon: "lol". Jargon will give you some indication to the author's purpose, and the target audience. Genre - a category or type of text that can be recognised by specific aspects of its subject matter, form and language e.g.. Teenflic - usually set in a high school with stock characters such as the cool kids, sport jocks, nerds. There is often a romantic interest but the central problem is usually social or ethical and problems tend to be resolved in the end with some degree of justice. Ellipsis - refers to the omitting words from a sentence/paragraph. It is common in transcripts of conversations and is sometimes indicated by ... Euphemism - is an acceptable or mild expression which replaces an unpleasant or hurtful one. For example, some people find it too distressing to speak of death and so soften the effect by such terms as: he has passed on; she has gone to a better place etc. Imagery - refers to the mental representations of pictures, sounds, smells textures and tastes that are created through powerful or interesting use of language. Imagery can often refer to figures of speech such as metaphor, simile and personification. Intertextuality - is the ways texts make reference to other texts. These references may be Explicit such as an allusion implied by the many different ways a composer can draw our attention to other texts (such as parallel situations, sameness of genre, satire, parody etc.) inferred from your own reading. This refers to the way that you draw on your own experience of texts. These references need not have occurred to the composer and can in fact be drawn from texts composed at a later period. For example, our reading of the original Emma by Jane Austen is affected by the fact that we have seen the film clueless. Hyperbole - a deliberate exaggeration for dramatic effect and not intended to be taken literally E.g.. "...the endless cry of death and pain." From Gallipoli by marry Gilmore

Metaphor - is a comparison where one thing is said to be another e.g.. The crimson rose of passion (passion= crimson rose) Onomatopoeia - is the use of words whose sound echoes their sense E.g.. "... The boom of shells" From the rear- guard by Siegfried Sassoon Oxymoron - is a contradiction in two words placed next to each other to heighten the contrast E.g.. "Parting is such sweet sorrow." From Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare Perspective - a way of looking at situations, facts and texts and evaluating their meaning or value. Personification - is the figure of speech which gives human qualities to non-human things E.g.. "The kind old sun will know" From futility by Wilfred Owen Satire - is composition which holds up to ridicule human voice or frailty in a scornful and amusing way Simile - is the figure of speech which compares two things using 'like' or 'as' E.g.. "The bomb burst like a flower." From Hiroshima by Angela m. Clifton