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English Exam 2006

Terms

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Assonance
repeated vowel sounds
Maxim
free direct statement that gives rule of human conduct
Lyric
peom that express's personal feelings or ideas
Ballad
set as a story
Free Verse
no meters or rhyme
Quatrain
4 line stanza
Personification
expressing an object with human qualities
Epic
express's qualities of human civilizations, hero/heroine
Stanza
group of lines
Haiku
3 line poem, 5-7-5 syllables
Extended metaphor
goes on for many lines
Tanka
traditional 5 line japanese poetry
Internal rhyme
middle of the line rhyming
simile
using like or as in a comparison
slant rhyme
a close rhyme.
Hyperbole
exageration
Imagery
words that appear to the senses
Metaphor
a comparion
refrain
repetition of the same line in each stanza
parallelism
repetition of the same structure "i hear"
Narrative
tells a story
Alliteration
repeated consonant sounds
ambiguity
something that can be interpreted
intercutting
inserting one or more shots into another series of shots
jump cut
a sudden abrupt transition
cut
transitions from one shot to another
dissolve
fade out/in where one image gradually appears and the other vanishes
editing
selecting,trimming, cutting scenes that make a film
fade
image appears(fade in) out of a black field or dissapears(fade out) into a black field
continuity
the flow of one shot to another
Frame
photograph on a strip of film
reel
1,000 ft. of 35mm film
sound speed-22ft./sc
silent speed-16ft/sc
High + low key lighting
high-set is brightly lite
low-set is dimly lit
cross cutting
cutting back and forth between reoccuring setups
sound stage
a windowless, sound proofed proffessional shooting enviroment
iris
device in which an image appears as an expanding circle or dissapears as a shrinking circle
cinematographer
head of camera crew-responsible for lighting and camera details
director
captain of team
high and low shot
continuously exposed piece of film
high-camera looks down on subject
low-camera looks up on subject
sequence
a group of consecutive scenes

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