Year 12 WACE Literature Glossary

Question 1

Which of the following are not examples of genre?

Accepted Answer

Detective fiction, Romance, Science fiction, Bildungsroman

Question 2

Features of language that support meaning refers to?

Accepted Answer

Language features

Question 3

An accepted practice which has developed over time and is generally used refers to what?

Accepted Answer

Convention

Question 4

The group of readers that is presumed the writer is addressing refers to what?

Accepted Answer

Audience

Question 5

Poetry, plays, novels and short stories are all examples of what?

Accepted Answer

Forms of texts

Question 6

The combination two or more communication modes makes a text what?

Accepted Answer

A multimodal text

Question 7

The process by which a reader makes connections between texts refers to what?

Accepted Answer

Intertextualiy

Question 8

The act of discerning the quality and value of literary texts refers to what?

Accepted Answer

Appreciation

Question 9

Originator of a work refers to what?

Accepted Answer

Author

Question 10

True or false; dialogue is the conversation between two characters?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 11

A sense of beauty or appreciation of artistic expression refers to what?

Accepted Answer

Aesthetic

Question 12

"White as a sheet" is an example of?

Accepted Answer

Simile, Figurative language

Question 13

What does discourse mean?

Accepted Answer

The language used in the discussion of a subject.

Question 14

Underplaying the significance of groups refers to what?

Accepted Answer

Marginalising

Question 15

A system of attitudes, values, beliefs and assumptions refers to what?

Accepted Answer

Ideology

Question 16

The environment in which a text is produced refers to what?

Accepted Answer

Context

Question 17

Language patterns = arrangement of identifiable repeated/ corresponding elements in a text.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 18

Resources used in the production of texts, including tools and materials refers to?

Accepted Answer

Medium

Question 19

Various processes of communication such as listening, speaking, reading/viewing is the?

Accepted Answer

Mode

Question 20

These are formed by students when they make meaning from literature by engaging with texts.

Accepted Answer

Critical Perspective

Question 21

A stance regarding a situation, idea, character, event or issue refers to what?

Accepted Answer

Attitude

Questions 21