Language Features

Question 1

What is Jargon?

Answer 1

Language specific to a certain topic or field

Question 2

What is Euphemism?

Answer 2

A polite expression used in place of words or phrases considered harsh.

Question 3

What is a Superlative?

Answer 3

The highest degree of the concepts they represent, e.g: biggest, weirdest

Question 4

What is Emotive language?

Answer 4

Language that evokes emotion in the reader

Question 5

What is an Idiom?

Answer 5

A word or phrase that is not taken literally

Question 6

What is an imperative?

Answer 6

A command that prompts action

Question 7

Allusion

Answer 7

a reference to a well-known story, person, event, location or idea

Question 8

Cliche

Answer 8

a phrase that has been over-used and lost its meaning

Question 9

Hyperbole

Answer 9

an over-exaggeration

Question 10

Anecdote

Answer 10

a brief story told to catch the readers attention/illustrate a point

Question 11

Antithesis

Answer 11

placing contrasting terms together to give balance

Question 12

Connotation

Answer 12

the tone or emotional association a word has, positive and negative.

Question 13

Litotes

Answer 13

the deliberate use of an understatement for effect

Question 14

Sibilance

Answer 14

repetition of the letter ‘S’

Question 15

Colloquialism/colloquial language

Answer 15

use of informal language

Question 16

Assonance

Answer 16

repetition of vowel sounds

Question 17

Edward Scissorhands Essay: an important idea in the text

Answer 17

CONFORMITY

• DIALOGUE
  “blending is the secret”
• SET DESIGN
  all houses are similar

COSTUME

-members of society are all usually wearing bright colours - SIMILARITY

Question 18

Edward Scissorhands Essay: an important CHARACTER in the text

Answer 18

EDWARD

• DIALOGUE

first early words in film are “I’m not finished,” shows incompleteness

• COSTUME AND MAKEUP

looks like a monster, black hair, dark clothes, nothing what he is really like - don’t judge a book based on its cover

-MISE EN SCENE

edward always contrasts with everything on stage in the shots, colours, etc.

Question 19

Edward Scissorhands Essay: an important relationship in the text

Answer 19

PEG AND EDWARD

LIGHTING

• in the first scene when they meet, lighting is bright even with the dark props, bright lighting creates an aura of peace and friendliness

MOTHER-SON RELATIONSHIP

• DIALOGUE “don’t worry, soon you’ll feel right at home”

MEDIUM SHOTS WHEN THEY’RE TOGETHER
-medium shots suggest relationships, this is intersting because edward and peg have a very interesting relationship

Question 20

Edward Scissorhands Essay: an important setting in the text

Answer 20

EDWARD’S CASTLE

SET DESIGN

-dark and mysterious, cobwebs

ESTABLISHING SHOT

-shows how isolated it is

LIGHTING
-dim, dark, gloomy

Question 21

Edward Scissorhands Essay: describe an important event

Answer 21

BARBECUE SCENE - EDWARD IS AN OUTCAST

-Over the shoulder shot
women feeding Edward, forcing him to consume things he’s never seen, unfamiliar territory, fish out of water

-DIALOGUE
“I have a doctor friend who can help you” referring to Edward’s hands as a deformity, something that needs to be fixed, they don’t fit into the society’s mould of what’s normal. message buried within dialogue, shows rejection is both conscious and subconscious

-SET DESIGN
everything is bright pastel, creates a stark contrast with Edward, he can never fit in or be fully accepted among things and people that surround him