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Flashcards by Jessica 'JessieB, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Jessica 'JessieB
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| Question | Answer |
| Structural use of time - Chronology | > A record of events the order they occurred in. |
| Structural use of time - Foreshadowing | > A warning/indication of a future event. |
| Structural use of time - Narrative | > A description of events - the act, process or skill of telling a story. |
| Structural use of time - Dialogue | > A conversation between two or more people. |
| Structural use of time - Juxtaposition | > The use of putting characters, ideas, themes, phrases, words or settings side by side to either compare, contrast, use for suspense or as a rhetorical effect. |
| Structural features - Pathetic fallacy | > Using human emotions for inanimate objects or weather. |
| Structural features - Retrospective narrative | > The story being told is not happening at the same time the narrator is telling it. |
| Structural features - Symbolism | > Something that is used to represent something else. > An object to represent a concept. |
| Structural features - Oxymoron | > A combination of two or more words that are contradictory. E.g. the deafening silence. |
| Structural features - Parallelism | > Words or phrases which express a similar idea or an equal importance. |
| Structural features - Hyperbole | > Exaggerated statements. > A figure of speech not to be taken literally. |
| Structural features - Antithesis | > A strong contrast between a character, idea, themes or purpose. |
| Structural features - Irony | > The use of words, characters or plot developments to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its actual/literal meaning. |
| Structural features - Rhetorical features | > Repeated syntax > Phonological patterning > Direct address > Repetition > Tripling > Antithesis > Semantic fields > Figurative language |
| Rhetorical features - Figurative language = Personification | > Where animals or objects are given human characteristics. |
| Rhetorical features - Figurative language = Alliteration | > Repeating the same first letter, sound or group of sounds in a sentence. |
| Rhetorical features - Figurative language = Metaphor | > A figure of speech that says that one thing is another different thing. |
| Rhetorical features - Figurative language = Onomatopoeia | > Describes/imitates a natural sound or the sound made by an object/action. E.g. snap, boom, smack. |
| Rhetorical features - Figurative language = Syntax | > Word order. |
| Rhetorical features - Figurative language = Simile | > The use of the words 'as' or 'like' to suggest two things are alike. E.g. busy as a bee. |
| Rhetorical features - Figurative language = Idioms | > Expressions/phrases that have a figurative meaning which is understood differently between different societies. E.g. spill the beans. |
| Rhetorical features - Figurative language = Cliches | > A commonly used expression that is widely known. |
| Sentence structures - Simple sentences | > Has only one clause. E.g. The children were laughing. |
| Sentence structures - Compound sentences | > Has two or more clauses. E.g. The children were laughing but they had to come inside and go to bed. > Clauses are joined by conjunctions - and, but, or, nor, so, then, yet. |
| Sentence structures - Complex sentences | > Has a main clause and one or more adverbial clauses. > Adverbial clauses normally come after the main clause. E.g. The children were laughing but they had to come inside and go to bed as it was past their bedtime. |
| Sentence structures - Complex sentences = Contrast clauses | Although; though; even though; while. |
| Sentence structures - Complex sentences = Reason clauses | Because; since; as. |
| Sentence structures - Complex sentences = Place clauses | Where; wherever; everywhere. |
| Sentence structures - Complex sentences = Purpose clauses | So that; so; because + wanting something |
| Sentence structures - Complex sentences = Result clauses | So that; such that. |
| Sentence structures - Complex sentences = Time clauses | When; before; after; since; while as; as soon as; by the time; until. |
| Sentence structures - Complex sentences = Conditional clauses | If; unless; provided that; as long as. |
| Sentence functions - Declarative | > Makes a statement. |
| Sentence functions - Interrogative | > Asks a question. > Usually yes/no questions or 'wh' questions - these start with a interrogative pronoun. |
| Sentence functions - Imperative | > Gives a command. > The first word is always a verb (unless please) |
| Sentence functions - Exclamatory | > Expresses strong emotion. |
| Tenses | >Past/present/future >Active/passive tense |
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