Key points to include Flashcards

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A01

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Historical record of an exciting period in American history

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A01

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typical of an African American experience

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A01/2

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Narrative method: presumably a central figure in the novel

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A02

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Short striking sentences

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A01/A03

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American literature often celebrates individualism

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Techniques

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Personification - giving human characteristics to animals or objects

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Techniques

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Onomatopoeia- when the word sounds like the sound e.g crash

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Pathetic fallacy

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When the weather reflects the human emotions or foreshadows

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Metaphor

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Direct comparison- saying something is something

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Simile

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Comparison using like or as

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Hyberbole

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Exaggeration

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12
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Connotation

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Associated word

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13
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Colloquial

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Slang

Informal

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Oxymoron

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Juxtaposition- bitter sweet

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Anaphora

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repeated start of sentence

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Discourse marker

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But- pivotal
Now- initiation
However
Even though- suggests a contrast

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Ellipsis

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Dramatic pause

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Sibilance

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repeated S sound

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Assonance

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repeated vowel sound

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Consonance

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repeated consonant

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Polysyndetic list

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Asyndetic list

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List of commas

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Paragraph type and length

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Zeugma

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When the clause applies to both- He owned the car and a dog

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Juxtaposition
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Narrative voice
Omniscient First person are they subjective? critical?