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Year 12 ATAR English glossary_edited by Ms W
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To write something objectively is to
Use persuasive language to sway the reader
Present the correct findings.
Consider all points of view without bias.
To become hostage to your emotions.
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In English, conventions refer to
Features of text types which have become accepted practice.
Rules which must be strictly followed.
Social etiquette.
Poetry or prose.
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Tone can be described as
Self depreciating and sarcastic.
Educated and informative.
All of the above.
Friendly, informal and colloquial.
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Genres change over time because
They mirror change in our social, historical, cultural world
People prefer romance.
People get sick of reading.
Authors can't write like they used to.
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Context refers to:
Social, historical and cultural factors.
A text which aims to con you.
One characters feelings about the setting.
Familiar, comfortable surroundings.
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To be marginalised means
To be addicted to ruling up a page.
To be treated as insignificant or peripheral
To be constrained within a strict set of guidelines.
To be unaware of what is happening.
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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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Omissions are
The production and discharge of gas.
People you defriend on facebook
Gaps and silences - who or what is not included in the text; assumptions
When you forget your mum's birthday.
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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.
A condition causing breathlessness.
The ability to understand and share the feelings of another.
Stress given to a word to indicate particular importance.
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'Voice' in a text refers to the
Feel of the story; the author's tone and the characters' viewpoint
Dialogue the characters exchange.
Main character's perspective only.
Onomatopoeia and other sound techniques.
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A hybrid genre is
Centered around jungle music.
A cross between one genre and another.
The latest electric powered car.
An indoor plant.
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A multimodal text uses
Different generic conventions to present ideas.
Multiple points of view.
A combination of two or more modes (e.g. audio, visual and/or written)
Flashbacks and timeshifts.
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Metalanguage refers to
Old fashioned or outdated language.
Any language that is used to describe language (e.g. mis en scene)
Really big words.
Breaking rules or expectations.
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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 notes made outside the margins.
A large explosion.
The literal meaning.
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Stylistic features include
The use of particular genres or text types.
All of the above
The ways words and sentences are arranged for effect.
Distinguishing features of an author (or time period)
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Syntax is
The language of computers.
When you evade taxes.
The order of words in a sentence.
A character in a Jim Carey movie.
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A representation is...
The way people, events, issues or subjects are presented.
When you have to present your work over again.
A false or misleading statement.
The interpretation of a sarcastic comment.
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Mode is
A fashion magazine originally from Paris
The type of genre employed to write a text
The structural features of a text.
The type communication used: oral, visual or written
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An idiom is
A phrase understood by many different cultures.
A form of sarcasm.
A group of idiots.
Usually an non literal 'expression' used by a social group
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Another way to describe perspective is
Any of the above.
A viewpoint informed by one's context.
A position from which things can be viewed.
A point of view expressed by an individual.
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The dominant reading of a text is the one made by most of society but the resistant reading
Is the natural or normal way to interpret the text.
Challenges or questions the assumptions made in the text.
Holds power in the bedroom.
Creates alternative meanings to those promoted in the text.
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If an idea is subverted,
Its power and authority are undermined
It is reverted.
It is able to be read from right to left.
It is commonly agreed upon.
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Therefore, when one is subjective
One chooses lots of interesting subjects.
One considers all perspectives.
One can see clearly and fairly.
One becomes invested in their own view point.
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Figurative language is words or expressions
Used for imaginative writing.
Used to describe the figure in artworks.
With a meaning that is different from the literal one.
Which are rude and insulting.
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Interpretive texts
Explain scientific displays.
Highly accurate and impersonal.
Represent personalities, events or ideas in a particular way
Interpret foreign languages.
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Aesthetics are very subjective because they are concerned with
The appreciation of beauty and personal taste.
The expectations society has about how the body should look.
Who can make the best looking pizza.
The lack of belief in the existence of God.
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Rhetorical devices are
Questions which don't require answers.
Persuasive speaking or writing techniques.
Repeated words and phrases which become boring.
Designed to help with the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis.
