Duplicate of Senior English Concepts and Terminology

Question 1

Which of these is an example of Alliteration?

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Some smug slug spotted Smeg's snug

Question 2

Imagery involves ...

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using description to help a reader 'imagine' the scene, creating an 'image' in the reader's mind, creating an experience in the reader's mind

Question 3

The word 'hyperbole' is pronounced:

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high-pur-boll-lee

Question 4

A cliche is ...

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an idea or phrase which has been said and used too much, essentially what Justin Beiber's music consists of

Question 5

Which of these words is not like the other ...

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Similarity

Question 6

The 'context' of To Kill a Mockingbird refers to ...

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attitudes, events, ideas current when we read the novel, Harper Lee's background, knowledge and childhood experiences, attitudes, events and ideas current when Lee wrote the novel

Question 7

Which of these is an 'oxymoron'?

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What an intelligent Trump supporter!

Question 8

Allusions are ...

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references to cultural elements e.g. historical events, a form of intertextuality

Question 9

Figurative language is ...

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Language which is a 'figure of speech' e.g. metaphor, simile, Language that is not literal

Question 10

Are the curtains blue or a symbol of depression?

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'Death of the Author' says it's both, In analysis, the author's POV = the reader's, so both

Question 11

Which of the following is NOT a good way of describing what 'themes' are:

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the topic, subject matter or plot twist

Question 12

A hyperbole is ...

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... an exaggeration.

Question 13

Bang! Smash! Quack! are all examples of ...

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Onomatopeia

Question 14

A simile is ...

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... a figurative comparison using 'like' or 'as'

Question 15

In literature, the term 'register' refers to ...

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The particular dialect / slang / style of a people's writing, How conversational vs. how written-ly a text is, How formal / informal the text is

Question 16

In English, we use the word 'text' ...

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... to refer to films, tv shows, novels, poetry, song lyrics, ... as a catchall phrase for all forms of communication

Question 17

In formal academic writing, which of the following SHOULD you use?

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Jargon, terminology and nominalisations

Question 18

To start a story 'in medias res' means ...

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to start 'in the middle of the action'

Question 19

The word 'genre' ...

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... means 'type' or 'kind'., ... is another word for 'text type'.

Question 20

Metaphors ...

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create new meaning by making comparisons between two things

Question 21

'Conventions' in writing are ...

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... rules, traditions and guidelines that evolved over time

Question 22

Which of the following is in second person?

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Get off that chair!, When you're in Adelaide, you'll want to go to Bounce.

Question 23

In literary analysis, irony is ...

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sarcasm, dryness, sharpness, acerbity, trenchancy, cynicism, when what's said is deliberately opposite to what's meant

Question 24

When a writer breaks the 'fourth wall', this means they have ...

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spoken directly to the reader/viewer, referred to something outside the 'world' of the story

Question 25

A 'canonical' text is ...

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one which is a central part of our historical tradition, one which is considered to have high literary value

Question 26

A 'bildungsroman' is ...

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a novel about 'growing up', a novel where the main character learns who they are

Question 27

The 'protagonist' and 'antagonists' are ...

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the main character and their main opposing character (enemy)

Question 28

Which of these could be considered the 'climax' in Shrek?

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Shrek stops Fiona and Lord Farquad's wedding

Question 29

An 'allegory' is ...

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the political, moral or spiritual sub text of a story, a text which can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning

Question 30

In literary analysis, 'Death of the Author' refers to how ...

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any reader's ideas about a text are as valid as the author's, an author is not the final authority on a text's 'meaning'

Question 31

'Subtext' is a word used to describe ...

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the ideas, themes, meanings in a text, the unspoken, hidden meanings of a text

Question 32

Which of the following is a 'colloquialism'?

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Adelaide is a liveable city because it is heaps good., Crikey, kid, I wasn't born yesterday.

Question 33

A narrator who isn't quite telling you the whole truth is called ...

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an unreliable narrator

Question 34

In literature, a 'motif' is ...

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a recurring symbol, object or idea

Question 35

An 'omniscient' narrator is one which ...

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is all seeing and all knowing (i.e. like God), is outside the heads of the characters, so sees everything

Question 36

When I say that two words have the same 'denotation', I mean ...

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the two words have the same basic meaning.

Question 37

'The sun woke early in the morning and smiled down upon me' is an example of ...

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Personification

Question 38

Which of these are forms of intertextuality?

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All of the above

Question 39

Hints and clues early in a novel which suggest what's going to happen are known as ...

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foreshadowing

Question 40

When I say that a word has a 'connotation', I meant that ...

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it has emotional baggage (it is positive, negative, neutral)

Question 41

Which of these is a portmanteau?

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Pokemon

Question 42

'Rhetorical devices' are ...

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... language techniques used to persuade.

Question 43

Your English teacher is ...

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all of the above

Question 44

A novel, film or tv show which features an apparently 'perfect' society has critical flaws is

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science fiction which comments on problems of our time, a prediction of America's future now Trump has been elected, dystopian

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