Syllabus Concepts
Notions that a person and or social group hold to be correct or of some worth.
What are values?
The features of language that support meaning, for example, sentence structure, noun group/phrase, vocabulary, punctuation
What are language features?
This is the name of Vladek's son who trafically died during the war.
Richieu.
"She is as brave as lion and shines bright like a diamond."
What is simile?
I am the part of the image that first draws the viewer's attention
What is salience?
The environment in which a text is responded to or created.
What is context?
The perspective from which a story is told, dictating what the reader knows and how they perceive events and characters.
What is point of view?
The Spiegelman family hail from this European country.
What is Poland?
"Life is a rollercoaster, but you have to play the game to win."
What is metaphor?
I am made up on gestures, posture, and expressions that convey emotion and meaning
What is body language?
A position from which things may be viewed or considered.
What is perspective?
Details that reveal a character's traits, personality and psychology. This can be shown through actions, dialogue, thoughts, and appearance.
What is characterisation?
In Maus, the pigs are representative of:
The Polish.
Opportunity knocked.
What is personification?
I am the art and technique of arranging type to make written language legible, readable, and visually appealing
What is typography?
The way people, events, issues or subjects are presented in a text.
What is representation?
The use of an object, person, or idea to represent a more abstract concept or deeper meaning beyond its literal sense.
What is symbolism?
Due to his immense feelings of inferiority and guilt, Art is sometimes depicted wearing this in the text.
What is a mouse mask?
"We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills..."
What is anaphora?
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What is inclusive language?
I am the arrangement of visual elements within a frame.
What is composition?
The distinct personality discernible in a text. Constructed through language features and stylistic features to shape audience response.
What is voice?
A narrative technique that presents a character's unfiltered thoughts, feelings, and inner reflections, giving the reader direct insight into their mind.
What is internal monologue?
What is "The Prisoner On The Hell Planet"?
The room was dark and dull, reeking of stale cigarettes and cheap perfume. A muffled crinkling from the kitchen told me my sister was raiding the pantry.
What is sensory description/language?
I am the lines that guide the viewer's eye through the image.
What are vectors?