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