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Duplicate of year 12 ATAR English glossary
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Rhetorical devices are
Repeated words and phrases which become boring.
Persuasive speaking or writing techniques.
Designed to help with the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis.
Questions which don't require answers.
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Sympathy is the expression of pity and sorrow for someone else's misfortune. Empathy is
The ability to understand and share the feelings of another.
Stress given to a word to indicate particular importance.
When you put yourself through someone else's pain.
A condition causing breathlessness.
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Stylistic features include
The ways words and sentences are arranged for effect.
All of the above
Distinguishing features of an author (or time period)
The use of particular genres or text types.
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Metalanguage refers to
Old fashioned or outdated language.
Any language that is used to describe language.
Really big words.
Breaking rules or expectations.
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Tone can be described as
Educated and informative.
Friendly, informal and colloquial.
Self depreciating and sarcastic.
All of the above.
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To be marginalised means
To be unaware of what is happening.
To be constrained within a strict set of guidelines.
To be addicted to ruling up a page.
To be treated as insignificant or peripheral
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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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In English, conventions refer to
Rules which must be strictly followed.
Social etiquette.
Poetry or prose.
Features of text types which have become accepted practice.
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Figurative language is words or expressions
With a meaning that is different from the literal one.
Used to describe the figure in artworks.
Used for imaginative writing.
Which are rude and insulting.
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Language patterns are
Visual images made from words.
Similes, metaphors and personification.
References to famous people or places.
Repeated or corresponding elements in a text.
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The dominant reading of a text is the one made by most of society but the resistant reading
Creates alternative meanings to those promoted in the text.
Is a member of the Resistance who likes reading.
Challenges or questions the assumptions made in the text.
Is the natural or normal way to interpret the text.
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If an idea is subverted,
It is commonly agreed upon.
It is perverted.
It is able to be read from right to left.
Its power and authority are undermined
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An idiom is
A phrase understood by many different cultures.
A form of sarcasm.
Usually an non literal 'expression' used by a social group
A group of idiots.
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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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Mode is
The structural features of a text.
The type of genre employed to write a text
The type communication used: oral, visual or written
A fashion magazine originally from Paris
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'Voice' in a text refers to the
Dialogue the characters exchange.
Onomatopoeia and other sound techniques.
Main character's perspective only.
Feel of the story; the author's tone and the characters POV
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If a connotation has an secondary or implied meaning, then what is a denotation?
The literal meaning.
A large explosion.
The notes made outside the margins.
One part of the whole meaning.
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Omissions are
The production and discharge of gas.
When you forget your mum's birthday.
Gaps and silences - who or what is not included in the text.
People you defriend on facebook
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Context refers to:
A text which aims to con you.
Familiar, comfortable surroundings.
One characters feelings about the setting.
Social, historical and cultural factors.
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Therefore, when one is subjective
One can see clearly and fairly.
One chooses lots of interesting subjects.
One considers all perspectives.
One becomes invested in their own view point.
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A multimodal text uses
A combination of written and audio visual elements.
Flashbacks and timeshifts.
Multiple points of view.
Different generic conventions to present ideas.
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Syntax is
A character in a Jim Carey movie.
When you evade taxes.
The language of computers.
The order of words in a sentence.
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A representation is...
A false or misleading statement.
The way people, events, issues or subjects are presented.
When you have to present your work over again.
The interpretation of a sarcastic comment.
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Genres change over time because
Authors can't write like they used to.
People prefer romance.
They mirror change in our social, historical, cultural world
People get sick of reading.
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Interpretive texts
Explain scientific displays.
Are non-fiction texts about personalities, events or ideas.
Highly accurate and impersonal.
Interpret foreign languages.
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There are three types of context:
Production (author's), reception (reader's) and the setting
First person, second person and third person.
Vegemite, jam and peanut butter.
Anecdotal, statistical and emotional.
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Another way to describe perspective is
A position from which things can be viewed.
Any of the above.
A point of view expressed by an individual.
A viewpoint informed by one's context.
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A hybrid genre is
Centered around jungle music.
The latest electric powered car.
A cross between one genre and another.
An indoor plant.
