English language Flashcards
What is the paragraph structure you should be using for question 4?
Point: What is my answer to the question?
Evidence: What quotation(s) am I going to use to prove my point?
Technique: What technique(s) are being used in the quotation?
A1 (effect of the technique): How does this technique work to make the content successful?
A2 (word level analysis): Which one word of the quotation is most interesting? What connotations does this word have?
A3 (effect on the reader): How might the reader feel/be influenced by this quotation?
Link: What is you answer to the question again? Use words of the question to link back
What are the sentence starters for the PETAAAL structure?
Point: Language/Structural techniques are used consistently to help describe…
Evidence: When…
Technique: The writer employs…
A1 (effect of technique): Through the use of… The writer…
A2 (word-level analysis): Furthermore, the use of….. has connotations of….. which suggests
A3 (effect on the reader): The reader would perhaps feel…
Link to question: Thus language devices are employed to..
What is alliteration?
When the first letter of each word is the same
What is sibiliance?
Repetition of the ‘s’ sound
What is an Anaphora?
The repetition of a word/phrase at the start of sentences/verses
What is Assonance?
When the vowel sound is repeated, ie the sharp, dark carp
What is colloquial language?
Informal language
What is dialect?
A version of a language spoken in a particular area
What is dialogue?
A conversation between two or more people
What is dissonance?
Discordant sound, ie the clash and the spew
What is an Enjambment?
When the sentence continues beyond the line/stanza
What is a caesura?
A sudden stop in a sentence or line usually denoted by a full stop or comma
What is hyperbole?
Exaggeration for a purpose
What are litotes?
Understating something for an effect
What is imagery?
What you make the reader picture in their mind
What is dramatic irony?
The audience is aware of something the character isn’t
What is a metaphor?
A figurative resemble - not to be taken seriously
What is a similie?
Using ‘like’ or ‘as’ to compare two things
What is an allegory?
An extended metaphor that shows the message of the play/book
What is a monologue?
When one character is speaking - usually for a bit longer than the average dialogue, often a speech
What is a soliloquy?
When a character is speaking their personal, inner thoughts aloud, often on their own onstage
What is an aside?
A character talking to the audience without the other characters hearing - usually a short line or phrase
What is onomatoepia?
A word that sounds like the noise it is describing, eg. bang, pow, hiss
What is an oxymoron?
Opposing ideas in the same sentence/phrase/word - ie. bittersweet
What is juxtaposition?
Two opposing ideas presented together - in contrast
What is pathos?
Language that evokes pity or sorrow
What is personification?
Attributing human characteristics to an object
What is repetition?
Repeating words or phrases
What is a rhyme scheme?
The pattern of rhyming in a poem
What is a meter?
Specific amounts of stresses and syllables in a poem
What is iambic pentameter?
Ten syllables in a line, five stressed, five unstressed
What is symbolism?
Using something to represent something else
What is a motif?
A repeated idea/symbol throughout
What is tone?
The mood of a text
What is register?
An author’s choice of language depending on the context they’re trying to create
What is hamartia?
A fatal flaw that a character has
What is verse?
Capital at the start, iambic pentameter, formal, people of the upper classes, courtly love
What is prose?
Free-flowing sentences, informal, lower classes, when people are relaxed and comfortable around
What is triplication?
Listing things in groups of three
What are examples of structural techniques?
- openings
- shifts
- repetition
- sentence lengths
- temporal references
- order of events
- pace
- shifts
What are the effects of structural techniques?
- Openings: to engage the reader, makes them think of questions
- repetition: can highlight key themes/ideas
- sentence lengths: used to reveal shocking information
