Samuel Pepys Diary Flashcards
1
Q
Social historical context on Pepys
A
- born 1633
- upper class insight
- family had low working class jobs
- he was a member of parliament - moved up the social class ranks
2
Q
Social historical context on the fire of London
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- Started in a bakers on pudding line
- destroyed 70,000 homes
- house were made of wood and straw and built close together - hence why the fire spread so easily
3
Q
‘So I rose ‘
‘Rose again ‘
What is this an example of ?
A
Syntactic parallelism
4
Q
What is ‘lamentable ‘ and ‘combustible ‘ examples of
A
Latinate lexis
5
Q
Pepys diary was originally written in…
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Short hand
6
Q
Audience
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Personal diary written for himself , no intention of publication but when it was published the audience increased
7
Q
Structure
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- extract from one diary entry
- huge paras
- deviates from expectations of dairy entries
8
Q
What does Pepys create through description such as ‘sick people carried away in beds’
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Pathos - emotive
9
Q
Mode
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Written diary entry
