English Lit - Useful Terminology

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  • Created on: 16-04-17 16:03

1. What kind of imagery is 'Somatic imagery'?

  • Imagery that describes sounds
  • Imagery that describes sight
  • Imagery associated with the body
  • Imagery that describes textures
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2. 'We ran and jumped and shouted' is an example of what kind of list?

  • Polysyndetic list
  • Syndetic list
  • Asyndetic list

3. A character reveals their true attitudes and emotions in a short speech that is not heard by other characters, often creating dramatic irony is...

  • Exposition
  • Aside
  • Soliloquy
  • Foil

4. What is a 'Dead Metaphor'

  • A metaphor for Death.
  • A metaphor that has lot it imagery because of it's overuse. 'He ran the office' or 'seeds of doubt'
  • A metaphor that is sustained or developed over a literary work.
  • A metaphor that is no longer used.

5. Bathos is...

  • The sense of anti-climax created when a literary work drops from an elevated or serious level to the more absurd or ridiculous.
  • where the writer uses techniques that appeal to the reader's audience's emotions, often arousing pity for a character.
  • Where a text has a sense of truthfulness and realism. Proper nouns can achieve this. 'AK47's and RPGs were firing none stop.'
  • The purification or purging of emotions, especially pity or fear, through art. Some literary forms act as a release for the author or audience of these emotions.

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