Hill's use of...... Flashcards
Symbolism
Object = Idea e.g. yew trees = death
Supernatural associations
Words linking human with non-human qualities e.g. Hooper appears to have a level of supernatural control
Intertextual allusion
Implicit reference to another text e.g. Jane Eyre and Bronte’s use of the red room
Gothic conventions
The usual elements of a gothic text such as large old house, spooky wood
Pathetic fallacy
Weather reflects emotions
Sensory imagery (visual, aural, gustatory, olfactory, tactile)
Language that appeals to the senses (sights, sounds, tastes, smells, touch)
Third person omniscient narrator
The narrator sees all
Analepsis
Flashback
Foreshadowing
Flash forward
Mode of address
Name a character calls another
Mean Length of Utterance
Amount each character says (important in the dialogue between H and K)
Adjacency pairs (disrupted)
Question/Answer to that question is a pair but look for disrupted pairs and what that suggests about communication
Direct thought
The thoughts of the character relayed in real time
Indirect thought
The thoughts of the character described by a narrator
Static characterisation
A character who stays the same throughout the novel