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Lit metalanguage Flashcards

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Compound Sentence

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Has two or more independent clauses linked by conjunctions

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Complex Sentence

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Main clause with one or more dependent clauses

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Compound-Complex Sentence

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Combines multiple sentence structures

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Context

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Setting forming the background for understanding

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Feminist Criticism

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Concerned with the relationship between literary texts and the place of women in society.

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Foreshadowing

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Hints of future events in a text (Proposed under chestnut tree which then gets split by lighting)

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Genre

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Category of texts sharing common conventions

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Personification

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Attributing Human Traits to Non-Human Things (The guitar wept)

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Postcolonialism

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Study of Events Post-Colonial Occupation

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Sibilance

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Repetition of the consonant ‘s’ to create hissing sounds (Sing a song of sixpence)

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Symbol

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Object/action with deeper meaning

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Sentence

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Comprised of one or more clauses

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Class

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The division of people in society based on wealth, occupation, ownership of property, level of education, etc. (upper class, the working class, the lower class)

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Consonance

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Repetition of consonant sounds

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Passive voice

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The subject of the sentence receives the action. (The jester was kissed by the king)

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Active voice

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The subject of the sentence performs the action. (The king kissed the jester)

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Metaphor

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Figurative language in which there is a comparison of two non-related things. One thing is described as another. (The heart is an arrow)

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Syntax

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Arrangement of words to create well-formed sentences

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Narrative Voice

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Perspective from which a story is narrated

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Patriarchy

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The role of men in power over women in society.

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Listing

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Repetition of Words/Phrases to Form a List (You are little, strange and poor)

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Irony

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Use of words to express different meanings (On a rainy day: Lovely weather we’re having)

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Imagery

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Descriptions representing emotions or ideas (The sun going down)

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Hubris

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Excessive pride and arrogance. The fatal flaw of the hero. (Achilles in battle of Troy)

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Gender

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Social classification based on sex differences

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Colonialism

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Occupation of another country for resource use

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Cliché

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Overused expression (Pretty as a picture)

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Assonance

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Repetition of vowel sounds within nearby words (No play, no pay)

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Alliteration

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Repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of neighbouring words (Wonderful winter wonderland)

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Exclamatory Sentence

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Expresses strong emotion or excitement (what a lot of cake!)

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Imperative Sentence

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Issues a directive (eat your cake)

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Interrogative Sentence

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Poses a question (does she like cake?)

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Declarative Sentence

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Makes a statement (I like cake)

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Simple Sentence

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Contains a single independent clause

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Animation

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Inanimate objects are given action or movement

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Simile

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Comparison using ‘like’ or ‘as’ (The sun is like a golden coin)

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Psychoanalytical Criticism

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Interprets Texts as Unconscious Desires (Darth Vader as Luke Skywalker’s ‘shadow’ self in Star Wars)

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Pathetic Fallacy

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Nature Reflecting Human Emotions (The somber clouds darkened the room)

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Narrator

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Figure Telling the Story (First person, second person, third person)

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Motif

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Recurrent Symbol which contributes to the theme (Doorways in Ladybird representing the choices LB makes)

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Dramatic Irony

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Audience knows more than characters

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Ideology

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Set of ideas and beliefs guiding behaviour

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Hyperbole

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Exaggeration for emphasis (These shoes are killing me)

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Idealisation of Women

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The concept of women being perfect innocent beings to be adored, mourned, and respected—but never touched or relied upon.

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Celebration of Isolation and Melancholy

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Emphasises the value of looking inward, determining your own path, and relying on only your own resources. Melancholy is usually seen as a reaction to inevitable failure

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Focus on the individual and spirituality

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Valuing the individual experience above all else which led to a heightened sense of spirituality in and the addition of occult and supernatural elements.

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Celebration of nature

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A source of infinite beauty and a teacher of humans, demonstrates the power of the landscape as well as the beauty favoured invoking deep emotions

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