Language and Literature analysis terms

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1. Which of the following is an example of oxymoron

  • Blue - cold - misery - isolation - lonely - alone - misanthrope
  • Blue - red - green - yellow - orange - lilac
  • Alluringly hideous
  • He bestows light within him, and yet casts a long, ominous shadow
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2. What is "beautiful language" most likely to entail

  • Stuff
  • Simple sentence structures, narrator values, ambiguity
  • More complex sentence structures, adjectives and adverbs
  • Rhythm, declarative sentence structures, references to wider themes

3. Which group of these best fits the title "language features"

  • Colloquial, lots of adjectives, confident, fearful
  • Zooming in/out, panning left/right, location
  • Chronology, flashback, foreshadowing
  • Christmas, presents, mince pies

4. What is Enjambment?

  • When dialogue is represented indirectly
  • When two things are compared for dramatic effect of exaggeration
  • When the breaking up of a phrase or line happens in an unexpected or unconventional place
  • The "register" of a text, i.e., formal or informal

5. Which group of terminologies involve things to do with CONTRAST?

  • Allegory, Tone and Enjambment
  • Dialect, theme, oxymoron
  • Juxtaposition, oxymoron and volta
  • Volta, mood and allusion
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