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Terminology - NLMG & Macbeth Flashcards

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Bildungsroman

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a form of novel dealing with one person’s formative years or spiritual education.

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Dystopian

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A genre of literature which imagines a society gone wrong, typically a totalitarian or environmentally degraded landscape.

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Symbolism

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the practice of representing things by symbols, or of investing things with a deeper meaning

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Unreliable narrator

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a narrator whose account of events appears to be faulty, misleadingly biased, or otherwise distorted

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Non-linear narrative

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when an author presents the story’s occurrences and characters out of order

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Memento Mori

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A symbol reminding the reader of death

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Analepsis

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Flashback; depiction of earlier story points after later events have been revealed

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Prolepsis

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Flash forward

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Motif

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A recurring element, such as an image, theme, or type of incident.

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Pathetic fallacy

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Attributing human qualities to a force of nature

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Digression

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A temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing

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Protagonist

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The central character in a work of literature

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Semantic field

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Group of words which are related in meaning

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Motif

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A recurring theme, subject or idea

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Setting

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The time and place of a story

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Dialogue

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Conversation between characters

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conversational tone

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A relaxed and informal style that allows the speaker to talk with you and not at the audience

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Euphemism

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An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant

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science fiction

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writing that tells about imaginary events that involve science or technology

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Speculative Fiction

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a genre of fiction that encompasses works in which the setting is other than the real world, involving supernatural, futuristic, or other imagined elements

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Realism

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artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy

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Climax

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the most intense, exciting, or important point of something; a culmination or apex.

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retrospective

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Looking backward over a period of time

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Foreshadowing

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A narrative device that hints at coming events; often builds suspense or anxiety in the reader.

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circular narrative

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A narrative that starts at its end point, then circles back to relate the events that lead up to that point

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Allusion

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A statement that refers to something else without directly referencing

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Connotation

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The associated meaning of words e.g. red connotes danger

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Foreboding

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A feeling that something bad will happen

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Foreshadowing

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A warning or indication of future events.

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Hyperbole

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An exaggeration for effect.

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Metaphor

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A description by comparison e.g. He was a giant.

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Paradox

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A paradox is a statement that apparently contradicts itself and yet might be true (or wrong at the same time).

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Pathetic Fallacy

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When inanimate objects are given human qualities OR when the weather is used to reflect the mood of characters.

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Personification

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A description that gives an inanimate/non human object human qualities e.g. The sea growled as it thrashed the shore.

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Simile

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A description by comparison using like or as e.g. eyes like the ocean.

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Symbolism

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When one thing represents a wider or deeper meaning

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Aside

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A brief remark made by a character intended to be heard by the audience, but not the other characters on stage.

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Antihero

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A main character in a story who lacks conventional heroic qualities such as courage and morality and yet the audience still roots for them.

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Dramatic Irony

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When the audience knows something that the character(s) on stage does not. (Verbal irony is when a character says one thing and means another.)

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Hamartia

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A tragic flaw, something that under normal circumstances would be seen as a virtue (e.g. ambition, love).

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Hubris

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Excessive pride or self-confidence.

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Rhyming Couplet

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A pair of lines, usually with the same metre, that end-rhyme with each other and complete a thought. They often create finality, emphasis and succinctness.

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Soliloquy

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A speech given by a character on stage alone to the audience in order to reveal his/her thoughts and feelings.

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Tragedy

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A literary genre in which the main character is brought to ruin or suffers extreme sorrow, especially as a consequence of a tragic flaw or moral weakness.

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Tragic Hero

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a literary character who makes an error of judgment or has a fatal flaw that, combined with fate and external forces, brings on a tragedy/downfall.

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Alliteration

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Repetition of the same sound or letter at the start of a word e.g. The forest’s ferny floor.

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Assonance

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Repetition of a vowel sound in multiple words e.g. The purple curtain.

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Onomatopoeia

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Words that sound like their meaning, which helps bring the text to life e.g. the patter of rain on my window.

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Plosives

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Repetition of b, p, t or d sounds, which create an abrupt, sharp effect, e.g. Her cheek blushed bright beneath my burning kiss.

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Sibilance

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The repetition of ‘s’ or ‘sh’ sounds creating a soft or hissing effect e.g. the sea swished against the shore.

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Caesura

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A stop or pause within a line usually causing an abrupt stop/break in the rhythm.

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Monosyllabic Words

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Words that consist of single syllables and often create simplicity e.g. I will not go.

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Polysyllabic Words

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Words that consist of more than one syllable and can be used exaggerate/draw out an idea or show complexity.

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Stichomythia

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Dialogue in brief alternating lines.

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Syntax

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Word order that has been selected to have an effect on the reader.

AQA GCSE English Literature (25 decks)

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