Unseen Passages Exam Technique Flashcards
(21 cards)
Voice and point of view
1st person
3rd person omniscient
3rd person limited
Stream of consciousness
2nd person
Multiple narrative voices
Tone
Detached
Intimate
Playful
Sarcastic
Distressed
Quintessential
representing the most perfect or typical example of a quality or class
Verisimilitude
the appearance of being true or real
Realism
the quality or fact of representing a person or thing in a way that is true to life
Modernism
style in the arts that aims to depart significantly from traditional forms
Omniscient
ever present, all having, all seeing
Archetype
typical example of the nature/ features of someone or something
Foreshadowing
subtly indicating a future event through imagery/ themes/ dialogue etc.
Foregrounding
make something prominent
En medias res
middle of the action, a novel might start in the middle of the action/ plot
Characterisation
Realistic
Symbolic
Foils
Antagonist
Archetype
Function in text
Protagonist
Pre-1880
Sentimentalism
Romanticism
Transcendentalism
1880s
Realism
Naturalism
Modernism
Setting- When
Contemporary
Distant past
Setting- where
US/Europe
Urban/ rural
Indoor domestic space
Outdoor cultivated space
Outdoor wild spaces
The road
Setting
Multiple settings
Journey/travel
Context
Literary
Historical
Social
Literary context
Relationship to other American literature
Same or different periods, references to other novels
Historical context
When and where
Relations to when it is written
Social context
What is it exploring in relation to society?
Relationship with readers then and now
