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Old fashioned or outdated language.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