Term 1- Book Flashcards
(15 cards)
What is prose
Normal- not rhymed- lower class- confused/mad
What is verse
Looks like a poem- iambic pentameter- used by nobles/kings
What are the 4 registers
Frozen, formal, casual, intimate
What is frozen register
Fixed words, official language eg the lords prayer
What is formal register
Specialised, often to large groups, often in blank verse in drama eg education and business
What is casual register
Chatty, used in friendship, prose
What is intimate register
Between two lovers, verse/ prose, lyrical/poetic
What can soliloquys contrast
Reality + appearance/ private + public
What do soliloquys add
Drama, can intensify relationship
Soliloquy in latin
To oneself
Parenthetical phrase
In brackets
Aposiopesis
Deliberate breaking off speech
Polypototon
Repetition of words with the same route eg ‘no’ and ‘nor’ and ‘nothing’
Antithesis
Contrast
What are foils
Characters who contrast with other, to highlight an idea