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Stylistic features include
Distinguishing features of an author (or time period)
The use of particular genres or text types.
All of the above
The ways words and sentences are arranged for effect.
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An idiom is
A group of idiots.
A phrase understood by many different cultures.
A form of sarcasm.
Usually an non literal 'expression' used by a social group
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A hybrid genre is
An indoor plant.
Centered around jungle music.
A cross between one genre and another.
The latest electric powered car.
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Interpretive texts
Highly accurate and impersonal.
Interpret foreign languages.
Are non-fiction texts about personalities, events or ideas.
Explain scientific displays.
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Omissions are
People you defriend on facebook
The production and discharge of gas.
Gaps and silences - who or what is not included in the text.
When you forget your mum's birthday.
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Rhetorical devices are
Questions which don't require answers.
Designed to help with the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis.
Repeated words and phrases which become boring.
Persuasive speaking or writing techniques.
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Therefore, when one is subjective
One becomes invested in their own view point.
One considers all perspectives.
One can see clearly and fairly.
One chooses lots of interesting subjects.
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Tone can be described as
Self depreciating and sarcastic.
Friendly, informal and colloquial.
All of the above.
Educated and informative.
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Mode is
The type communication used: oral, visual or written
A fashion magazine originally from Paris
The type of genre employed to write a text
The structural features of a text.
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A representation is...
When you have to present your work over again.
The interpretation of a sarcastic comment.
A false or misleading statement.
The way people, events, issues or subjects are presented.
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'Voice' in a text refers to the
Feel of the story; the author's tone and the characters POV
Onomatopoeia and other sound techniques.
Main character's perspective only.
Dialogue the characters exchange.
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Genres change over time because
People get sick of reading.
Authors can't write like they used to.
They mirror change in our social, historical, cultural world
People prefer romance.
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Metalanguage refers to
Old fashioned or outdated language.
Any language that is used to describe language.
Breaking rules or expectations.
Really big words.
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A multimodal text uses
Multiple points of view.
A combination of written and audio visual elements.
Different generic conventions to present ideas.
Flashbacks and timeshifts.
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Language patterns are
Repeated or corresponding elements in a text.
References to famous people or places.
Similes, metaphors and personification.
Visual images made from words.
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Aesthetics are very subjective because they are concerned with
The lack of belief in the existence of God.
The appreciation of beauty and personal taste.
The expectations society has about how the body should look.
Who can make the best looking pizza.
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Syntax is
When you evade taxes.
A character in a Jim Carey movie.
The order of words in a sentence.
The language of computers.
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The dominant reading of a text is the one made by most of society but the resistant reading
Challenges or questions the assumptions made in the text.
Is the natural or normal way to interpret the text.
Creates alternative meanings to those promoted in the text.
Holds power in the bedroom.
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To write something objectively is to
To become hostage to your emotions.
Use persuasive language to sway the reader
Consider all points of view without bias.
Present the correct findings.
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Sympathy is the expression of pity and sorrow for someone else's misfortune. Empathy is
When you put yourself through someone else's pain.
Stress given to a word to indicate particular importance.
The ability to understand and share the feelings of another.
A condition causing breathlessness.
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Figurative language is words or expressions
Used to describe the figure in artworks.
Used for imaginative writing.
Which are rude and insulting.
With a meaning that is different from the literal one.
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Context refers to:
Social, historical and cultural factors.
One characters feelings about the setting.
A text which aims to con you.
Familiar, comfortable surroundings.
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In English, conventions refer to
Poetry or prose.
Social etiquette.
Rules which must be strictly followed.
Features of text types which have become accepted practice.
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If a connotation has an secondary or implied meaning, then what is a denotation?
One part of the whole meaning.
The literal meaning.
A large explosion.
The notes made outside the margins.
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There are three types of context:
First person, second person and third person.
Anecdotal, statistical and emotional.
Production (author's), reception (reader's) and the setting
Vegemite, jam and peanut butter.
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If an idea is subverted,
It is able to be read from right to left.
Its power and authority are undermined
It is commonly agreed upon.
It is perverted.
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To be marginalised means
To be constrained within a strict set of guidelines.
To be treated as insignificant or peripheral
To be unaware of what is happening.
To be addicted to ruling up a page.
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Another way to describe perspective is
A position from which things can be viewed.
A viewpoint informed by one's context.
A point of view expressed by an individual.
Any of the above.
