Unseen Methods Flashcards
1
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name 5 structural methods
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- privileged event (position in the text)
- framed narratives, cyclical structure, shifts in time
- development of an incident (suspense, tension)
- contrast, shift in tone, anticlimax
- multiple narrators, foreshadowing, stream of consciousness
2
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name 4 methods of characterisation
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- presentation of characters (phys appearance, actions/motives, interactions)
- how (un)realistic their presentation is
- narrative gaps of reader’s knowledge about them
- symbolism, caricature (lack of) sympathy, conflict, pathos
3
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name 4 methods of time and place
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- contextual setting, how narrative is structured over time, how meaning is shaped over location
- time adds complexity to a narrative (flashback, diff narratives for diff times)
- ways of describing settings
- choice of place symbolises aspects of characters/ relationships
4
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Exposition
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Revealing the key details about character, setting, situation, commonly at the start of a narrative;
- often descriptive, may be revealed through dialogue or the narrator’s commentary.
5
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anaphora
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the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.
- My life is my purpose. My life is my goal.
6
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chiasmus
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grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order.
- “Never let a fool kiss you or a kiss fool you.”
7
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Litotes
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- double negatives for emphasis.
- “not bad”, “He’s not unintelligent”
- “neither unthinking, nor unseeing”.
8
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Tricolon
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is a term for a series of three parallel words, phrases, or clauses
- power of 3
9
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https://literarydevices.net/
10
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zoomorphism/anamorphism
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- assigning humans animal characteristics and vice versa
