Literary techniques and Reality TV techniques
Across
- 1. Ending an episode or segment with suspense to maintain interest (E.g. "Next time on the show...")
- 3. Question asked for effect, no answer expected
- 5. A comparison using "like" or "as"
- 7. Author's attitude toward the subject
- 9. Atmosphere or feeling created in the reader
- 10. When the opposite of what is expected occurs
- 12. Exaggeration for emphasis or effect
- 13. Direct comparison without "like" or "as"
- 15. Presenting participants using predefined character traits (e.g. “The villain,” “the hero,” “the underdog”)
- 16. Interviews, Participants speak directly to the camera sharing thoughts or emotions
- 18. Repeating words or phrases for emphasis
Down
- 2. Descriptive language appealing to the senses
- 4. Words that appeal to our emotions
- 5. Using an object or action to represent an idea
- 6. Words that imitate sounds
- 8. Giving human qualities to non-human things
- 11. Participants or actors recreating events (e.g. Moments of conflict shown again for emphasis)
- 14. Narration, Off-camera commentary guiding the audience
- 17. Techniques, Use of cuts, flashbacks, and music to build drama or tension (e.g. Rapid cuts between arguments, dramatic music cues)