IB English A Lang & Lit

Abstract diction creates tone through ideas, not images.

When the subject of the sentence performs the action.

A paid message designed to persuade an audience to buy a product, adopt a behaviour, or support an idea, using a deliberate combination of visual, verbal, and structural techniques.

Alliteration is the repetition of initial consonant sounds in a series of words.

Analysis means breaking something down to explain how it works.

Anaphora is the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences.

When two opposing ideas in parallel structure are used to highlight a contrast or conflict.

Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds within words.

The overall emotional feeling of a scene.

The way that emphasis interacts with surrounding content to create a sense of harmony or cohesion.

A digital text written in a personal, often conversational voice, published on a website and typically structured around a single topic or opinion with informal register and direct address.

A short printed or digital document that uses structured sections, persuasive language, and visual design to inform and attract an audience toward a service, product, or destination.

A pause within a line, often marked by punctuation like a comma, dash, or ellipsis.

A visual text, usually a single panel or short strip, that uses exaggeration, symbolism, and satire to comment on a social, political, or cultural issue.

Characterization is the way a writer reveals a character’s personality, thoughts, and relationships.

Chiasmus is a rhetorical device where the structure of one clause is reversed in the next.

The use of color to influence emotion or signal meaning

A narrative told through a series of panels combining images and words.

The IB English Paper 2 task in which students write an essay comparing two literary works studied in class, responding to a general question and demonstrating knowledge of both texts.

Concrete diction makes writing feel vivid and emotionally charged.

Consonance is the repetition of consonant sounds at the end or middle of words.

A written or spoken conversational exchange between two or more people in a literary or theatrical form.

The specific words an author chooses to use.

The kind of words the writer chooses.