Metalanguage word bank for books
Metalanguage is language that describes language. The simplest way to explain this is to focus on part 3 of the English exam – Language Analysis. In Language Analysis, we look at the author’s writing and label particular phrases with persuasive techniques such as: symbolism, imagery or personification. Through our description of the way an author writes (via the words ‘symbolism’, ‘imagery’ or ‘personification’), we have effectively used language that describes language. For a detailed discussion, see What is metalanguage?
Character
Protagonist
Antagonist
False protagonist
Secondary character
Supporting character
Major character
Minor character
Genre
Adventure
Comic
Crime
Epistolary
Fantasy
Historical
Horror
Mystery
Philosophical
Political
Romance
Satire
Thriller
Form
Non-fiction
Novel
Novella
Plays
Poetry
Short stories
Language form
Prose
Iambic pentameter
Blank verse
Free verse
Narrative mode
First person view
Second person view
Third person view
Third person objective
Third person subjective
Third person omnipresent
Third person limited
Alternating narrative view
Stream-of-consciousness
Linear narrative
Nonlinear narrative
Narrative tense
Past
Present
Future
Plot
Anti-climax
Climax
Conflict
Denouement
Dialogue
Exposition
Subplot
Trope-cliché
Turning point
Setting
Culture
Historical
Geographical
Social
Dystopia
Utopia
Other literary techniques
Active voice
Allegory
Alliteration
Allusion
Ambivalence
Ambiguity
Antithesis
Antonyms
Bildungsroman
Characterisation
Cliffhanger
Colloquialism
Complex sentence
Compound sentence
Connotation
Context
Contextual framework
Denouement
Diachronic
Dialect
Dialogue
Elision
English (American)
English (Australian)
Enjambment
Epilogue
Epiphany
Euphemism
Flash back
Flash forward
Foreshadowing
Formal
Hyperbole
Idiom
Imagery
Informal
Irony
Juxtaposition
Lamb
Metaphor
Meter
Mood
Morphemes
Motif
Neologism
Onomatopoeia
Oxymoron
Paradox
Parody
Passive voice
Pathos
Periphrasis
Personification
Positioning
Prefix
Prologue
Rhetoric
Rhythm
Simile
Simple sentence
Slang
Soliloquy
Stereotype
Symbols
Synonyms
Tautology
Tone
Tragedy
Vernacular
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Character
Protagonist
Antagonist
False protagonist
Secondary character
Supporting character
Major character
Minor character
Genre
Adventure
Comic
Crime
Epistolary
Fantasy
Historical
Horror
Mystery
Philosophical
Political
Romance
Satire
Thriller
Form
Non-fiction
Novel
Novella
Plays
Poetry
Short stories
Language form
Prose
Iambic pentameter
Blank verse
Free verse
Narrative mode
First person view
Second person view
Third person view
Third person objective
Third person subjective
Third person omnipresent
Third person limited
Alternating narrative view
Stream-of-consciousness
Linear narrative
Nonlinear narrative
Narrative tense
Past
Present
Future
Plot
Anti-climax
Climax
Conflict
Denouement
Dialogue
Exposition
Subplot
Trope-cliché
Turning point
Setting
Culture
Historical
Geographical
Social
Dystopia
Utopia
Other literary techniques
Active voice
Allegory
Alliteration
Allusion
Ambivalence
Ambiguity
Antithesis
Antonyms
Bildungsroman
Characterisation
Cliffhanger
Colloquialism
Complex sentence
Compound sentence
Connotation
Context
Contextual framework
Denouement
Diachronic
Dialect
Dialogue
Elision
English (American)
English (Australian)
Enjambment
Epilogue
Epiphany
Euphemism
Flash back
Flash forward
Foreshadowing
Formal
Hyperbole
Idiom
Imagery
Informal
Irony
Juxtaposition
Lamb
Metaphor
Meter
Mood
Morphemes
Motif
Neologism
Onomatopoeia
Oxymoron
Paradox
Parody
Passive voice
Pathos
Periphrasis
Personification
Positioning
Prefix
Prologue
Rhetoric
Rhythm
Simile
Simple sentence
Slang
Soliloquy
Stereotype
Symbols
Synonyms
Tautology
Tone
Tragedy
Vernacular
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This guide was written by Lisa Tran, the creator and writer for VCE Study Guides. She is currently accepting Year 11 and 12 students for private tuition in 2015. Due to popular demand she is also offering 3 hour intensive courses – feel free to contact her!