Techniques Flashcards
What does infer mean?
What the reader takes from the text.
What three things are important when summarising?
Use own words
Use key points from text
Leave out unnecessary details
What is the register of a text?
How formal the text is
What is a denotation?
The literal meaning of a word, dictionary definition
What is a connotation?
The associations we make with the texts
What is a superlative?
The extreme (worst, best)
What three things are very distinct about 19th and 20th century early text?
Sentences are very long and dragged out
A lot of semi colons and punctuation
Very descriptive
What is the point for focus on character?
Helps the reader develop a relationship with the character
What two things does focus on setting do?
Creates a mood or atmosphere
Provides background context for character or action
What is narrowing focus?
Starting with a wider view, and then focusing on details
What is perspective?
Whose point of view the story is told from, or where the focus is
What is the point of contrast?
Emphasising differences
What are the two purposes of pauses?
Makes the reader pause for a moment of tension
Allow the reader to focus on the event
What is the point of repetition?
Brings something to the attention of the reader
What is the point of characters being introduced at different times?
May change how we feel about the characters
What is a flashback?
Going back to something that has happened before
What is sequence of events?
The order that things happen in
What is dialogue?
Speech directly from the character
What is Monosyllabic?
Where there is only one syllable in a word
What is a semantic field?
Category of words (Chains - semantic field of trapped)
What is figurative language?
Descriptive techniques (smilies, adjectives)
What is a dystopia?
A society which has descended into a state of deprivation, misery and terror
What is dystopia an opposite of?
A utopia
What is lexical items the fancy word for?
Vocabulary, basically any complicated word
