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Intertextuality is what?
What is ‘Register’?
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What is ‘Register’?
The characters a composer chooses to use
The structure a composer chooses to use
The language a composer chooses to use
The setting a composer chooses to use
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Intertextuality is what?
The relationship between authors
The relationship between texts
Text messages and the relationship formed
Books becoming film texts
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Semiotics is..?
the study of signs and symbols
the study of anomalies
the study of mnemonics
the study of prose
4
A figure of speech where one word is replaced by another word that is associated with it
Metonymy
Metaphor
Metre
Mise-en-scene
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Tautology is..?
Saying the same thing using parody
Saying the same thing thrice over in different words
Saying the same thing using parable
Saying the same thing twice over in different words
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Free verse..?
does have rhythm, but does not have rhyme.
does have rhythm and rhyme.
does not have rhythm or rhyme.
does not have rhythm, but does not have rhyme.
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Which of the following is true?
Satire is not intended to change behaviour
Sarcasm is a cutting remark to ‘put down’ a group
Satire is a personal attack
Sarcasm is a cutting remark to ‘put down’ an individual
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What type of film technique is used when characters in a film can’t hear a certain sound?
Non-diegetic sound
Film Noir
Diegetic sound
Film noise reduction
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Scansion..?
measures idyll and determines its rhythm
measures verse and determines its rhythm
measures modality and determines its rhythm
measures poetry and determines its rhythm
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Because of personal feelings, bias and background it is not possible to achieve what?
Total objectivity
Total subjectivity
Total anonymity
Total recall
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In postmodernism, the belief is that all people...
filter information through tradition
filter information through history
filter information; there's not one agreed truth
filter information through scientific breakthrough
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Literary analysis..?
All of the above
How the composer has attempted to achieve their purpose
Examines the various techniques and devices used
Is a synonym for Literary Criticism
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What are the 4 types of drama?
Comedy, Farce, Melodrama and Tragedy
Comedy, Mystery, Melodrama and Tragedy
Comedy, Mystery, Farce and Tragedy
Comedy, Mystery, Melodrama and Farce
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The rhythm in prose is..?
not as regular as the rhythm in verse.
more regular than the rhythm in verse.
irregular and anticlimactic
pronounced and influential
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An example of a Palindrome is..?
Wagga Wagga
Junee
Albury
Tumut
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What is a synonym for a ‘Parody’?
Parnham
Parable
Spoof
Spoon
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Key lighting does what?
Produces a lot of shadows
Softens the harsh effects of other lighting
Could suggest something scary or intimate
Makes the figure appear dark with a bright background
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A vignette is..?
A narrative without a complication
A scene of a narrative that contains a monologue
A narrative without a climax
A scene of a narrative that is complete in and of itself
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Modality is...?
the degree of strength or weakness of language used
the degree of ambiguity in the language used
the amount of language used
the formality of language used
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The attitude the composer has toward what is being discussed in called the what?
Tension
Tamber
Thesis
Tone
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‘Cute dog you’ve got there’ – said to a man with an ugly dog. What type of irony is this?
Dramatic irony
Situational irony
Verbal irony
Socratic irony
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Which narrative voice is best for creating intimacy?
Third person
Second person
First person
Fourth person
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Lyric verse..?
tells a story
always rhymes
never rhymes
expands upon a topic
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What is ‘feet’ in literary terms?
Groupings of stressed and unstressed rhymes
Groupings of stressed and unstressed sentences
Groupings of stressed and unstressed stanzas
Groupings of stressed and unstressed syllables
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An English sonnet has how many lines?
12
10
16
14
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“He was a pig in mud” is an example of what?
Simile
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Exaggeration
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Metalanguage is?
The language we use to describe the texts we use
The language we use to describe the tools of rhythm
The language we use to describe the language we use
The language we use to describe the tools of analysis
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Which of the following is a spoonerism?
'This pie is boring.'
'This pie represents the Western World.'
‘This pie tastes donderfully welicious.’
'This pie is extravagant and horrible.'
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Which one of the following is an example of mnemonics?
Every Good Boy Deserves Fruit
Text messages
Email
Emojis
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The difference between idiom and slang is?
Idiom is like slang, but to a smaller group of people
Slang is high modality idiom
Slang is like idiom, but to a smaller group of people
Slang is low modality idiom
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Explicit means what?
Clearly stated
Not clearly stated
Implied
Indirect
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Two similar or parallel filmed shots, edited together to show similarity or contrast is?
A parallel cut
A double cut
A jump cut
A match cut
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A Haiku is an example of what?
Iambic pentameter
Sextet pentameter
Syllabic verse
Symbolic verse
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‘Others’ are people who are..?
included according to assumptions in a text
popularised according to assumptions in a text
polarised according to assumptions in a text
excluded according to assumptions in a text
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Which of the following is a malapropism?
The flood damage was so bad it looked like a lake.
The flood damage was so bad the city was a lake.
The flood damage was so bad they had to evaporate the city.
The flood damage was so bad they had to evacuate the city.
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A subliminal message is..?
Does require a Medium
Is not discerned consciously
Does not require a Medium
Is discerned consciously
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Short stories, novels, non-fiction, films, poetry, cartoons & advertisements are types of what?
Metaphor
Motif
Narrative
Poetry
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‘You’ve got to be young and stupid to be old and wise’ is using what literary technique?
Parable
Idyll
Inaccuracy
Paradox
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A string of words that refer to a topic is known as what?
Adjectival chain
Verbal chain
Linguistic chain
Lexical chain
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Student narratives often becomes a recount because they are missing what?
Problem and denouement
Orientation and climax
Orientation and denouement
Problem and climax
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A soliloquy is?
A feature of narrative lyric
A performance intended to be presented by only one person
A feature of song lyric
A solo performance within a larger performance
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The purpose of juxtaposition is to highlight what?
Similarities
Text type
Text format
Differences
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Obfuscation is to?
Make things clear
Alphabetise the order of words
Reverse the order of words
Make things unclear
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Christina's love life in
Looking for Alibrandi
is an example of what?
Multiculturalism
Culturalism
Metaplot
Subplot
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Writing intended to represent the thoughts and ideas of the character in the way they occurred
Truthful consciousness
Stream of representation
Blunt representation
Stream of consciousness
