Human Condition Flashcards
(140 cards)
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<p>What is the definition of: Human Condition</p>
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<p>The characteristics, key events and situations which compose the essentials of human existence, e.g. birth, growth etc.</p>
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What is the definition of: Human Experience
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The realities of human existence, including the mental, emotional, spiritual and physical characteristics of human life.
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What is the definition of: Humanity
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The quality of being humane
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What is the definition of: Simile
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A comparison between two things using like or as
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What is the definition of: Vulnerable
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To be exposed to the possibility of being attacked or harmed, without protection
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What is the definition of: Sibilance
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Repetition of the ‘s’ sound
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What is the definition of: Personification
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Providing a non-living object with human qualities
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What is the definition of: Ethics
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Moral principles that govern a person’s behaviour or actions
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What is the definition of: Love
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An intense feeling of deep affection
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What is the definition of: Suffering
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The state of undergoing pain, distress or hardship
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What is the definition of: Hyperbole
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Exaggerated statements or claims
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What is the definition of: Alliteration
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Repetition of the same sound to reinforce the mood of a text
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What is the definition of: Metaphor
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A non-literal comparison between two things
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What is the definition of: Oxymoron
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A figure of speech in which opposing words appear next to each other
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What is the definition of: Preposition
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A word preceding a noun or pronoun and relating to other words in the clause.
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What is the definition of: Conjunction
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A comparative word or phrase used to join sentences together or make comparisons
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What is the definition of: Anaphora
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Repetition of words or phrases at the start of successive clauses
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What is the definition of: Hypophora
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When a question is asked and immediately answered. A type of rhetorical question.
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What is the definition of: Sinister
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- Giving the impression that something harmful or evil is happening or will happen 2. evil or criminal
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What is the definition of: Realist
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A person who accepts a situation as it is and is prepared to deal with it accordingly
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What is the definition of: Pathetic Fallacy
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Using the weather to reflect the mood of the characters or scene to create tone and develop emotion
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What is the definition of: Rhetorical Question
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A question that does not require an answer, used for emphasis and reflection
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What is the definition of: Repetition
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Using the same words or phrases in a text for emphasis
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What is the definition of: Adverb
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A word used to describe a verb
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What is the definition of: Ethos
Appealing to a speaker’s reputation in order for an audience to trust them.
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What is the definition of: Pathos
Appealing to the emotions of an audience, often through sympathy.
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What is the definition of: Logos
Using logic and reasoning to support your viewpoints.
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What is the definition of: Tricolon
Grouping emotive words or phrases in three for emphasis
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What is the definition of: Surreal
Bizarre
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What is the definition of: Sombre
1. Dark or dull in colour or tone 2. Having or conveying a feeling of deep seriousness and sadness
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What is the definition of: Fiction
Texts that are not real-life, or based on true events, linking to the imagination.
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What is the definition of: Non-fiction
Texts based on true events.
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What is the definition of: Relationship
1. The way in which two or more people or things are connected, or the state of being connected 2. The state of being connected by blood or marriage
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What is the definition of: Futility
Pointlessness or uselessness
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What is the definition of: Sorrow
A feeling of deep distress caused by loss, disappointment or other misfortune suffered by oneself or others
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What is the definition of: Poignant
Evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret
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What is the definition of: Responsibility
1. The state or fact of having a duty to deal with something or having control over someone 2. The state or fact of being accountable or to blame for something
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What is the definition of: Dystopian
An imagined state or society in which there is great suffering or injustice
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What is the definition of: British Values
A set of rules followed to maintain a peaceful and ordered society
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What is the definition of: Invasive
1. Tending to spread very quickly and undesirably or harmfully 2. Tending to intrude on a person’s thoughts or privacy
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What is the definition of: Corruption
Dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power
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What is the definition of: Evangelists
A person who seeks to convert others to the Christian faith
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What is the definition of: Religion
The belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, particularly a God
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What is the definition of: Nostalgia
A sentimental longing or wistful affection for a period in the past
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What is the definition of: Terrorism
The unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims
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What is the definition of: Chaos
Complete disorder and confusion
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What is the definition of: Slavery
A condition of having to work very hard without proper appreciation or payment
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What is the definition of: Colony
A country or area under the full or partial political control of another country and occupied by settlers from that country.
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What is the definition of: The Holocaust
Mass murder of Jews under the German Nazi regime in concentration camps
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What is the definition of: Auschwitz
A concentration in which millions of Jews were murdered during the Holocaust
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What is the definition of: Inhuman
Lacking human qualities of compassion and mercy; cruel and barbaric
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What is the definition of: Culture
the ideas, customs and social behaviour of a particular people or society
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What is the definition of: Aborigine
The original inhabitants of Australia
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What is the definition of: The Dreamtime
The Aboriginal understanding of the world, of its creation and its great stories.
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What is the definition of: Creation Story
The Christian belief about how the world and humanity was created
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What is the definition of: Divine
Of or like God
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What is the definition of: Evolution
The process by which differing kinds of living organism are believed to have developed from earlier forms during the history of the earth
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What is the definition of: Origin of the Species
A scientific literature published by Charles Darwin which introduced the scientific theory that populations evolve over generations through natural selection.
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What is the definition of: Charles Darwin
A biologist who contributed to the science of evolution
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What is the definition of: Passion
Strong and barely controlled emotion
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What is the definition of: Artificial Intelligence
The simulation of human intelligence processes by machines
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What is the definition of: Stephen Hawking
A British scientist and professor who performed ground-breaking work in physics and cosmology.
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What is the definition of: Descriptive
Serving to describe
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What is the definition of: Narrative
A spoken or written account of connected events; a story
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What is the definition of: Prose
Written or spoken language in its ordinary form; stories or poetry
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What is the definition of: Transactional
Non-fiction writing that intend to communicate information between groups of people
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What is the definition of: Critical Literacy
In-depth thinking and analysis of texts in order to uncover messages and meaning
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What is the definition of: Inspiration
The process of being mentally stimulated to do or feel something, especially something creative
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What is the definition of: Psyche
The human soul, mind or spirit
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What is the definition of: Unique
Being the only one of its kind; unlike anything else
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What word means: The characteristics, key events and situations which compose the essentials of human existence, e.g. birth, growth etc.
Human Condition
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What word means: The realities of human existence, including the mental, emotional, spiritual and physical characteristics of human life.
Human Experience
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What word means: The quality of being humane
Humanity
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What word means: A comparison between two things using like or as
Simile
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What word means: To be exposed to the possibility of being attacked or harmed, without protection
Vulnerable
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What word means: Repetition of the ‘s’ sound
Sibilance
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What word means: Providing a non-living object with human qualities
Personification
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What word means: Moral principles that govern a person’s behaviour or actions
Ethics
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What word means: An intense feeling of deep affection
Love
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What word means: The state of undergoing pain, distress or hardship
Suffering
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What word means: Exaggerated statements or claims
Hyperbole
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What word means: Repetition of the same sound to reinforce the mood of a text
Alliteration
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What word means: A non-literal comparison between two things
Metaphor
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What word means: A figure of speech in which opposing words appear next to each other
Oxymoron
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What word means: A word preceding a noun or pronoun and relating to other words in the clause.
Preposition
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What word means: A comparative word or phrase used to join sentences together or make comparisons
Conjunction
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What word means: Repetition of words or phrases at the start of successive clauses
Anaphora
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What word means: When a question is asked and immediately answered. A type of rhetorical question.
Hypophora
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What word means: 1. Giving the impression that something harmful or evil is happening or will happen 2. evil or criminal
Sinister
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What word means: A person who accepts a situation as it is and is prepared to deal with it accordingly
Realist
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What word means: Using the weather to reflect the mood of the characters or scene to create tone and develop emotion
Pathetic Fallacy
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What word means: A question that does not require an answer, used for emphasis and reflection
Rhetorical Question
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What word means: Using the same words or phrases in a text for emphasis
Repetition
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What word means: A word used to describe a verb
Adverb
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What word means: Appealing to a speaker’s reputation in order for an audience to trust them.
Ethos
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What word means: Appealing to the emotions of an audience, often through sympathy.
Pathos
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What word means: Using logic and reasoning to support your viewpoints.
Logos
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What word means: Grouping emotive words or phrases in three for emphasis
Tricolon
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What word means: Bizarre
Surreal
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What word means: 1. Dark or dull in colour or tone 2. Having or conveying a feeling of deep seriousness and sadness
Sombre
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What word means: Texts that are not real-life, or based on true events, linking to the imagination.
Fiction
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What word means: Texts based on true events.
Non-fiction
103
What word means: 1. The way in which two or more people or things are connected, or the state of being connected 2. The state of being connected by blood or marriage
Relationship
104
What word means: Pointlessness or uselessness
Futility
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What word means: A feeling of deep distress caused by loss, disappointment or other misfortune suffered by oneself or others
Sorrow
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What word means: Evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret
Poignant
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What word means: 1. The state or fact of having a duty to deal with something or having control over someone 2. The state or fact of being accountable or to blame for something
Responsibility
108
What word means: An imagined state or society in which there is great suffering or injustice
Dystopian
109
What word means: A set of rules followed to maintain a peaceful and ordered society
British Values
110
What word means: 1. Tending to spread very quickly and undesirably or harmfully 2. Tending to intrude on a person’s thoughts or privacy
Invasive
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What word means: Dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power
Corruption
112
What word means: A person who seeks to convert others to the Christian faith
Evangelists
113
What word means: The belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, particularly a God
Religion
114
What word means: A sentimental longing or wistful affection for a period in the past
Nostalgia
115
What word means: The unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims
Terrorism
116
What word means: Complete disorder and confusion
Chaos
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What word means: A condition of having to work very hard without proper appreciation or payment
Slavery
118
What word means: A country or area under the full or partial political control of another country and occupied by settlers from that country.
Colony
119
What word means: Mass murder of Jews under the German Nazi regime in concentration camps
The Holocaust
120
What word means: A concentration in which millions of Jews were murdered during the Holocaust
Auschwitz
121
What word means: Lacking human qualities of compassion and mercy; cruel and barbaric
Inhuman
122
What word means: the ideas, customs and social behaviour of a particular people or society
Culture
123
What word means: The original inhabitants of Australia
Aborigine
124
What word means: The Aboriginal understanding of the world, of its creation and its great stories.
The Dreamtime
125
What word means: The Christian belief about how the world and humanity was created
Creation Story
126
What word means: Of or like God
Divine
127
What word means: The process by which differing kinds of living organism are believed to have developed from earlier forms during the history of the earth
Evolution
128
What word means: A scientific literature published by Charles Darwin which introduced the scientific theory that populations evolve over generations through natural selection.
Origin of the Species
129
What word means: A biologist who contributed to the science of evolution
Charles Darwin
130
What word means: Strong and barely controlled emotion
Passion
131
What word means: The simulation of human intelligence processes by machines
Artificial Intelligence
132
What word means: A British scientist and professor who performed ground-breaking work in physics and cosmology.
Stephen Hawking
133
What word means: Serving to describe
Descriptive
134
What word means: A spoken or written account of connected events; a story
Narrative
135
What word means: Written or spoken language in its ordinary form; stories or poetry
Prose
136
What word means: Non-fiction writing that intend to communicate information between groups of people
Transactional
137
What word means: In-depth thinking and analysis of texts in order to uncover messages and meaning
Critical Literacy
138
What word means: The process of being mentally stimulated to do or feel something, especially something creative
Inspiration
139
What word means: The human soul, mind or spirit
Psyche
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What word means: Being the only one of its kind; unlike anything else
Unique
