IV. Varieties Of Language

Question 1

Humour/humorous tone

Answer 1

Comical and absurd; kind and sympathetic; discrete form of communication

Question 2

Wit/witty tone

Answer 2

Scathing and satiric; to shock/impress; pass a judgement; form of puns, paradox, comparisons

Question 3

Types of satire/satirical tones

Answer 3

Direct satire
Juvenalian satire
Horatian satire
Indirect satire

Question 4

Direct satire types and its defs

Answer 4

Juvenalian satire; attacks evil and wrongdoing in a direct and indignant way

Horatian satire; humorous and gentle

Question 5

Indirect satire

Answer 5

Criticises by staging characters absurdly; does not denounce them explicitly

Question 6

Irony/ironical tone and its types

Answer 6

Expresses opposite of what is meant.
Intentional or unintentional
Verbal or situational irony

Question 7

Dramatic irony

Answer 7

Situation in which the audience knows more than some of the characters

Question 8

Tragic irony

Answer 8

Shows the characters using words without realising how ominous they are

Question 9

Pathos, pathetic tone deaf

Answer 9

Tone stressing the sad aspect of a situation

Question 10

Bathos, bathetic tone

Answer 10

Tone achieved when attempting to reach a sublime or noble tone and leading to a commonplace or ridiculous remark; effect can be satiric or humorous

Question 11

Parody, parodical tone

Answer 11

Imitation of a work for humorous or satirical purposes; uses distortion to ridicule

Question 12

Pastiche tone

Answer 12

Used as synonym of parody but; can also refer to sheer literary imitation without ridicule or caricatural

Question 13

Rhetoric style

Answer 13

Art of argument; persuading reader

Contrasted with pathos (pathos= no demonstration, simply displaying)

Question 14

Levels of style (5)

Answer 14

High/noble: rhetorical and ornamented = used in epic or tragedy genres
Middle style: rhetorical figures but remains restrained
Low style: natural and simple, sometimes vulgar terms = suited for satires and comedies
Mock-heroic style: use of high style to describe common situations instead of low style
Burlesque: low style to describe noble or classical episodes

Question 15

Linguistic registers (3)

Answer 15

Slang: very informal language = spoken by limited amount of ppl
Jargon: used by restricted social group = refers to technical vocabulary used in certain professions
Dialect: spoken by ppl of a specific region, characterised by features that differentiate it from the main language