Terminology

• An enjambment is a continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of the line.
• A hedge is a word or phrase used in a sentence to express ambiguity, probability, caution, or indecisiveness such as 'possibly'.
• High brow content is sophisticated and upper-class ie. ballet.
• Low brow content involves guilty pleasures and is lower-class and bogan.
• A modifier describes another word for example adverbs for verbs, adjectives for nouns.
• An interrogative is a type of sentence that is a question.
• A lexis/lexical choices refer to the use of vocabulary use and selection of words.
• An iambic pantomimic is a repetition of stressed tones ie. tatum.
• Masculine endings are sentences ending on a stressed tone.
• Feminine endings are sentences not ending on a stressed tone.
• Sibilance is the alliteration of sss and shh sounds.
• Lexical chains are words with associated meaning grouped together ie. elephants, trunks, tusks.
• Diction is the choice of words and phrases in speech or writing.
• Latinate language is English language derived from Latin (more sophisticated than anglo-saxon).
• Bildungsroman is a genre dealing with someone's formative years.
• A frame story is a companion piece or a story within a story.
• An unreliable narrator is a narrator who's trust/credibility is compromised.
• Dramatic monologue is a type of monologue in poetry from an individual.
• A euphonism is a replacement for a word to make it sound better ie. instead of death, kicked the can.
• A temperal conjunction/connection is a connection linking time ie. soon and after.
• Comparative adjectives compare ie. better/warmer.
• Superlative adjectives describe something to the extreme ie. best/warmest.
• Tautology is long-winding and verbose language.
• Verbose language is the superfulous use of words.
• A declarative is a sentence that makes a statement.
• A register is the tone of language which is spoken.
• Passive means accepting what happens without resistance.
• Digressive means departing frequently from the subject at hand.
• Tricolons are a series of 3 parallel words, phrases or clauses
• Dual timeframes means the story has 2 story lines in different periods of time.
• Social Darwinism means the survival of the fittest
• A volta is the turning point in a poem
• Palimpsestic is a new layer of understanding that builds on the past so that the past is seen in a new way.
• Tension is a trend of drama whilst tensions are juxtapositions between 2 things in a text
• Archaic language is old and traditional
• Genteel is exaggerated politeness, refinement or respect
• Direct speech is what is actually said such as "You have homework this week"
• Reported speech is said about the dialogue such as Mr Smith told us we had homework this week.
• Imperatives are sentences with a command.
• Expressionist literature is against materialism.