Paper 1 Stylistic Features

Question 1

Allegory

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A literary work in which the apparent meaning of the characters and events is used to symbolize a deeper moral and spiritual meaning

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Allusion

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A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art

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Ambiguity

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An event or situation that may be interpreted in more than one way

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Analogy

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Illustrating the subject on the discussion by making a parallel comparison

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Anachronism

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Something or someone out of place in terms of historical or chronological context

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Anaphora

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Repetition of the same word or expression at the beginning of successive phrases to create emphasis

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Anthropomorphism

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Attributing human characteristics to an animal or inanimate object

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Antithesis

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A figure of speech in which a thought is balanced with a contrasting thought

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Anecdote

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A short account of a particular situation or accident

Question 10

Apostrophe

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Where a speaker addresses a person or object that is not alive

Question 11

Archaism

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Intentional use of a word or expression no longer used to evoke a sense of a bygone era (Nostalgia)

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Bias

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Promoting a specific point of view in a text and deliberately excluding others

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Connotation

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Suggestion of a word meaning beyond what is explicitly denotes

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Cliche

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A stereo typical expression which is over used

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Diction

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Choice of words

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Ellipsis

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The omission of words necessary to complete a sentence (…) or (-) used for dramatic affect, tension, confusion, etc.

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Enumeration

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Listing items in order

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Euphemism

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A word or phrase that is used in a place of a more direct term that might be offensive

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Exposition

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Where an author interrupts a story in order to explain something

Question 20

Figurative language

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Any use of language where the intended meaning de is from the actual literal meaning of the word themselves
e.g. metaphor, simile, personification, irony, etc.

Question 21

Hyperbole

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An extreme exaggeration

Question 22

Imagery

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Where is that create a picture in the readers mind

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Irony

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A literary device that uses contradictory statements or situation’s to reveal a reality different from what appears to be true

Question 24

Oxymoron

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Two apparently contradictory terms

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Paradox

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A statement that appears self contradictory, but that reveals a kind of truth

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Satire

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The ridiculous something the writer dislikes

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Sensationalize

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Describing something in an exaggerated way to shock and engage the reader

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Understatement

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A statement that says less than what is meant

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Euphony

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Denotes pleasant, harmonious sound

Question 30

Cacophony

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Denotes harsh, jarring noise

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Hypophora

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Asking a question and then answering it

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Tricolon

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Sentence of three pots of equal importance and length, usually three independent clauses

Question 33

Mood

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The atmosphere that is created for an audience through the tone of a text

Question 34

Denotation

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What word stands for and it’s most literal sense

Question 35

Connotation

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The emotional aura we associate to the meaning of a word

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Rhetorical question

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A question that does not need an answer because the situation already implies an obvious answer

Question 37

Double entendre

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Relies on the secondary meaning of the phrase/word