Expresses an action done by its subject. (person-action)
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cultural identity
Front
ways of distinguishing one culture from another by their practice, beliefs and values
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stanza
Front
section of a lyric poem
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characterisation
Front
methods used to create characters in a text
Back
conventions of narrative
Front
narration, POV, setting, etc..
Back
ideology
Front
a system of thinking about the world and people
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context
Front
the surrounding circumstance
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cultural myth
Front
a story which a culture explains
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fiction/ non fiction
Front
text tells story without claiming to be historical true
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connotations
Front
associations ( feeling or ideas) we make with a word
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documentary
Front
a film that deals with actual events
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authority
Front
a text's reliability (reference)
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allusion
Front
reference to another text, person, place, enhance meaning
Back
dominant reading
Front
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deconstruction
Front
a form of criticism that focuses on different possible readings
Back
diegetic effect
Front
the compelling effect on a viewer. sounds visibly made
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conventions of drama
Front
lighting, set, solioquy NOT P.O.V
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generic conventions
Front
widely accepted techniques that readers may expect to find in a particular genre
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binary opposition
Front
a pair of word or ideas that are polar opposite
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culture
Front
activities of beliefs that are considered to be in good taste in a society
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assumptions
Front
things taken for granted
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attitude
Front
orientation of the manner in which something is positioned
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assonance
Front
repetition of a vowel sound
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belief
Front
a conscious decision to support an idea
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foregrounding
Front
one or more features (important) of a text appear more important than others
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hyperbole
Front
figure of speech that presents an overstatement
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discource
Front
a way of speaking or writing
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dramatic monolgue
Front
a form of poetry in which the persona delivers an address to a silent listener at an important point in their lives
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function
Front
place and purpose of a text
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allegory
Front
extended metaphor
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authors context
Front
surrounding circumstances in which the author creates
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codes
Front
a system of words to make meaning
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construct
Front
the created/ made abstract explanation
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expository text
Front
a print text that explains an issue
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bias
Front
leaning on to one side
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dramatic irony
Front
context of circumstance in a play or narrative when audience know more than one character does, which leads to that character doing or saying something inappropriate
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dialogue
Front
speech between characters
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genre
Front
texts are categorised ( the type)
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inference
Front
a suggested meaning
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gaps
Front
connections between one idea to another
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figurative language
Front
language exeeds literal meaning of word to achieve special effect or meaning Egs, simlie, metaphors and personification
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conventions of poetry
Front
lyric poetry has no plot
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audience
Front
to whom the text is addressing (anticipated reader)
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alternative reading
Front
Audiences interpret a text completely against the preferred reading
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archetypes
Front
original mode ( characters or ideas)
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feature article
Front
expository (descriptive) text published in magazines or newspapers.
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colloquial
Front
everyday, casual speech
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focalisation
Front
specific focus in a story
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narrative convention
Front
methods used to shape readers responses
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conventions of film
Front
Back
Section 2
(49 cards)
myth
Front
a story that explains how a culture works
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point of view
Front
the perspective
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resistant reading
Front
reading practice that refuces to accept the rules
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montage
Front
the placing of one camera shot next to another to create a particular response
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juxtaposition
Front
setting one thing beside another, usually act as contrast
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verisimilitude
Front
likeness to the truth
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tone
Front
the way language is used to reflect atitude
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setting
Front
the place and context in which the event occurs
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universality
Front
a specific idea that applies to everyone
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representation
Front
a construction in a text that tries to reflect some part of the real world ( social groups)
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implied audience
Front
the 'you' a writer refers to
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style
Front
the way writer uses language
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plagarisim
Front
writing out someone elses work and claiming as ones own
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subtext
Front
a meaning below the text
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utopia
Front
perfect image
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motif
Front
theme or reoccuring idea
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persuasive langugae
Front
a way of writing or speaking that seeks to convince an audience using a range of conventions
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interpretation
Front
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imagery
Front
picture conjured by text in a reader's imagination
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rhetorical device
Front
a clever arrangement of words to achieve a particular effect
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reading
Front
make meaning of a text
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irony
Front
the condition created by the difference between what is stated and what is actually the case, implied meaning is different from literal meaning
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stereotypes
Front
model or template for particular type of charcter
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realism
Front
an attempt to represent the real world in a text
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race
Front
distinguish between groups of people on certain characteristics
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zeitgeist
Front
the spirits of the times
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naturalise
Front
to make an idea seem obvious
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similie
Front
a figure of speech in which an object is compared to another on one particular aspect. "like" or "as"
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power
Front
the ability to influence another
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literature
Front
any text on a particular issuena
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values
Front
ideals or standards held by a group of people
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theme
Front
the central idea
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metaphor
Front
a figure of speech in which one thing is stated/ described as another
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universaility
Front
a specific idea applies to everyone
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reader's context
Front
factors that shape the way reader interprets the text
Back
satire
Front
a style of writing used for humor and exaggeration to crticize human weakness
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quotation
Front
write out a fragment
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propaganda
Front
text that spreads a particular idea
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rhetoric
Front
the art of using language to persuade
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purpose
Front
what the text is trying to achieve
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silence
Front
things not said
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weltchmerz
Front
a weariness with life
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reader response
Front
the theory that argues that a reader makes a significant contribution to meaning of text
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paragraph transitions
Front
sentence that link one paragraph of an essay
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other
Front
those who are not "us"
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symbol
Front
and object that stands for another
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non verbal language
Front
a way of communicating without words
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sense imagery
Front
appeals to our five senses, engages our imagination, construct character