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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Hamartia | Fatal flaw or error |
| Peripeteia | Reversal of fortunes |
| Anagnorisis | Moment of critical discovery (A character becomes aware of the full extent of their downfall |
| Enjambment | When a sentence or phrase runs over from one line or stanza to the next |
| Colloquial | Sounding like everyday language |
| Caesura (plural Caesurae) | A pause in a line of poetry |
| Blank verse | Poetry written in iambic pentameter that doesn't rhyme |
| Ambiguity | When a word or phrase has two or more possible meanings |
| Assonance | When words share the same vowel sound but their consonants are different |
| Consonance | Repetition of a consonant sound in nearby words e.g "nuMe as a sMashed arM |
| Dramatic monologue | A form of poetry that uses the assumed voice of a single speaker who is not the poet to address an implied audience e.g "My Last Dutchess" |
| End-stopping | Finishing a line of poetry with the end of a phrase or sentence |
| Euphemism | An indirect word or phrase used instead of something upsetting or offensive or to a conceal meaning |
| Free Verse | Poetry that doesn't rhyme and has no regular rhyme or line length |
| Half-rhymes | Words that have a similar but not identical end sound e.g "Crisp" and "Grasp" |
| Homonyms | Words that are spelt and pronounced the same, but have different meanings e.g "tissue" |
| Iambic Pentameter | Poetry with a metre of 10 syllables- 5 stressed and 5 unstressed. The stress falls on every 2nd syllable e.g "that's My last DUCHess PAINTed ON the WALL" |
| Iambic Tetrameter | Metre of 8 syllables- 4 stressed 4 unstressed e.g "but MOST through MIDnight STREETS i HEAR" |
| Imagery | Language that creates a picture in your mind. It includes metaphors, similes and personification |
| in medias res | When a narrative starts in the middle of action E.g "Bayonet Charge" |
| Internal Rhyme | When 2 or more words in the same line rhyme e.g "TEARS between the bath and pre-lunch BEARS" |
| Irony | When words are used to imply the opposite of what normally mean. It can also mean when there is a difference between what people expect and what actually happens |
| Juxtaposition | When a poet puts 2 ideas, events, characters or description close to each other to encourage the reader to contrast them |
| Metre | Arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables to create rhythm in a line poetry |
| Monologue | One person speaking for a long period of time |
| Narrative | Writing that tells a story |
| Onomatopoeia | A word that sounds like the thing the thing it's describing e.g "Ramble" and "jingle" in Exposure |
| Oral Poetry | Poetry that is intended to be spoken aloud rather than read |
| Oxymoron | A phrase which appears to contradict itself |
| Personification | Describing an non living thing as if it has human qualities and feeling or behaves in a human way E.g "My city Hides behind me" |
| Petrarchan Sonnet | A form of sonnet in which the first 8 lines have a regular rhyme scheme ABBA rhyme and introduce a problem , while the final 6 lines have a different have a different rhyme scheme and solve the problem |
| Phonetic Spellings | When words are spelt as they sound rather than with their usual spelling "Dem" instead of "Them". It's often to show that someone is speaking with a certain accent or dialect |
| Plosive | A short of sound made when you say word containing the letters |
| What does A01 Assess? | Identify and interpret explicit and implicit information and ideas. Select and synthesise evidence from different texts |
| What does A02 Asses? | Explain, comment on and analyse how the different writers use language and structure to achieve effects and influence readers, using relevant subject terminology to support their views. |
| Exposition | Introduces the setting and main characters. |
| What does A04 Assess? | Evaluate texts critically and support this with appropriate textual references |
| Rising Action | A series of events to keep the reader interested |
| Climax | The main character comes face to face with a problem. They have a choice to make |
| Falling Action | The problem unravels and the hero wins or loses |
| Denouement | The fallout from the way the characters deal with the climax |
| What does A05 Assess? (1) | Communicate clearly, effectively and imaginatively, selecting and adapting tone, style and register for different forms purposes and audiences Organise information and ideas, using structural and |
| What does A05 Assess? (2) | Organise information and ideas, using structural and grammatical features to support coherence and cohesion of texts |
| What does A06 Assess? | Use a range of vocabulary and sentence structures for clarity, purpose and effect, with accurate spelling and punctuation |
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