Pre-U English Literature: key terms

Cannot be detected by the five senses.

eg. Love, Trust, Peace

The subject does the action

(Subject + Verb + Object) I ate an apple

An example of turn- taking

(Question and Answer)

Concerned with feeling or emotions.

(I feel fine)

A morpheme attached to a word to create a new word

(Plural -s or -ed)

A story with a literal and symbolic meaning

(Animal Farm)

Repetition of a sequence of words at the beginnings of clauses

(It was..... It was...)

A word or expression that refers backwards to a previous part of the text

The antithesis of the architypal hero

A direct contrast

(Give everyman thy ear, but few thy voice)

A terse saying

Listing without saying 'and'

A word or expression that refers forward to another part of the text

Groups (usually pairs) of words that are found alongside each other

(Crystal Clear)

An extended metaphor that run across a whole poem

A word which joins the different parts of a sentence

(and, but, so)

Forcing the audience to see common things in a new way

Deictic expressions can only be understood in context

(here, there)

Shows action (by the subject). Opposite of stative verb

Antonym of euphemism. Direct and probably offensive, painful or unpleasant expression

a character who contrasts with another character.

A consonant produced by the forcing of breath.

Genre Audience Subject Purpose

This voiceless glottal plosive is created by the closure of the glottas

Words with the same spelling and pronunciation but different meanings

Words which sound the same

A word taken from another language.

Substitution of a word for a word that sounds similar. Often for comic effect.

Doesn't contain a finite verb.

A newly coined word or phrase

Listing using 'and'

A word with three or more syllables

An afflx which is placed before the stem of a word

Opposite of dynamic. Concerned with states and feelings.

(I think that...)

An affix placed at the end of a word

Jolts the audience out of passivity into being a consciously critical reader