Elements of PSP Writing Flashcards
Control
Power to direct or influence people’s behaviour or course of events
Rebellion
Action or process of resisting authority, control or convention.
Punishment
Sanction given to someone for an offence
Ambiguous endings
The ending could have multiple possibilities
Oppression
Prolonged persecution an unjust treatment
Literature being a social commentary that gives a voice to the voiceless
The author protests injustice on their behalf. People that are silenced without choice
Social Organisations
Groups that may go against the status quo
Challenge to authority
This may be through direct/indirect action
Treatment of women
Women may be silenced due to patriarchy
Gender Imbalances
Women and men may have contrasting experiences due to gender
The law
The law may be manipulated in different hands. Think: Religious law. Could be used to oppress
Contrasting idealised worlds
This may come through flashbacks or nature
Deprivation of language
Silent or silenced?!
Defiance
The oppressed begin to rise against the tyranny
Morality
Many rules and values change over time and impact what we view as right and wrong (moral or not.) E.g. slavery
Deprivation
Lack or denial of a necessity
Nostalgia
Sentimental longing for the past
Manipulation
Cleverly distorting the facts
Power
Capability to do something
Courage
Bravery
Radical voices/ authors/ narrators
Extreme policies
Corruption
Dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery.
What should you always refer to in your paragraph
Political and Social Protest in referral to book title/setting/ events in extract
Dichotomy
Contrast or chasm
