Term 1- Book Flashcards

(15 cards)

1
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What is prose

A

Normal- not rhymed- lower class- confused/mad

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What is verse

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Looks like a poem- iambic pentameter- used by nobles/kings

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3
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What are the 4 registers

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Frozen, formal, casual, intimate

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4
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What is frozen register

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Fixed words, official language eg the lords prayer

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What is formal register

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Specialised, often to large groups, often in blank verse in drama eg education and business

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6
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What is casual register

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Chatty, used in friendship, prose

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7
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What is intimate register

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Between two lovers, verse/ prose, lyrical/poetic

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8
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What can soliloquys contrast

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Reality + appearance/ private + public

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9
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What do soliloquys add

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Drama, can intensify relationship

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10
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Soliloquy in latin

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To oneself

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11
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Parenthetical phrase

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In brackets

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12
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Aposiopesis

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Deliberate breaking off speech

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13
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Polypototon

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Repetition of words with the same route eg ‘no’ and ‘nor’ and ‘nothing’

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14
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Antithesis

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Contrast

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15
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What are foils

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Characters who contrast with other, to highlight an idea

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