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Alliterative Chain
An alliterative chain extends alliteration across multiple words in sequence, creating cumulative phonological effects a
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Anthology
An anthology is a curated collection of literary or non-literary texts arranged thematically, chronologically, or by sty
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Audience and Purpose
Audience refers to the intended reader or listener(s); purpose refers to the intended effect or function. These contextu
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Close Reading and Textual Analysis
Close reading is a careful analytical practice examining language choices, figurative devices, syntax, punctuation, and
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Comparative Analysis (Linguistic)
Linguistic comparative analysis examines language variation across contexts, comparing how different texts, speakers, or
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Comparative Analysis (Literary)
Comparative analysis involves systematically examining how texts are similar to and different from each other, using the
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Critical Stylistics
Critical stylistics is an analytical approach that bridges stylistic analysis (close examination of language features an
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Dialogue
Dialogue comprises words characters speak to each other or themselves. Dialogue functions to reveal character, advance p
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Drama
Drama comprises literary texts written for performance, including plays by Shakespeare, Miller, and contemporary dramati
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Dramatic Voice
Dramatic voice refers to the unique linguistic choices and speech patterns that writers create for theatrical characters
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Paper 1, 2, 3 - Language and Identity: Gender and Language
Gender and language research examines how gender is constructed through linguistic choices and how language use varies b
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Paper 1, 2, 3 - Language and Identity: Gender and Language
Power and language research examines how language choices create, maintain, and challenge power relationships. Language
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Paper 1, 2, 3 - Language and Identity: Gender and Language
Social class and language research examines how linguistic variation correlates with socioeconomic status. Different cla
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Paper 1, 2, 3 - Language and Identity: Gender and Language
Regional variation (or dialectology) examines how language differs systematically across geographical areas. Regions hav
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Paper 1, 2, 3 - Language Change Concepts: Etymology
Etymology is the study of word origins and the history of how words have changed over time. It traces words back to thei
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Paper 1, 2, 3 - Language Change Concepts: Etymology
Semantic change refers to the gradual shift in meaning that words undergo over time. Words can broaden in meaning (exten
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Paper 1, 2, 3 - Language Change Concepts: Etymology
Standardisation is the process whereby a particular variety of a language becomes established as the prestige variety us
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Paper 1, 2, 3 - Linguistic Techniques: Deixis
Deixis (from Greek 'to point') refers to linguistic expressions whose meaning depends on the context of utterance: the s
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Paper 1, 2, 3 - Linguistic Techniques: Deixis
Ellipsis is the omission of words from a sentence that are unnecessary because they can be understood from context or fr
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Paper 1, 2, 3 - Linguistic Techniques: Deixis
Hedging refers to linguistic techniques that reduce the force or certainty of statements. Hedging devices include modal
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Paper 1, 2, 3 - Literary Analysis: Characterization
Characterization refers to the techniques and methods writers use to develop characters and reveal their personalities,
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Paper 1, 2, 3 - Literary Analysis: Characterization
Thematic analysis identifies central ideas (themes) in a text and explains how they develop and are reinforced through l
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Paper 1, 2, 3 - Literary Techniques: Satire
Satire is a form of social or political commentary that employs humor, irony, ridicule, or exaggeration to criticize or
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Paper 1, 2, 3 - Literary Techniques: Satire
Allegory is a narrative form in which the characters, events, settings, and actions represent abstract ideas or moral pr
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Paper 1, 2, 3 - Literary Techniques: Satire
Pathetic fallacy is the attribution of human emotions and characteristics to non-human natural phenomena. Specifically,
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Paper 1, Paper 2; Literary Devices: Dramatic Irony
Dramatic irony occurs when readers or audience members possess knowledge that characters lack, creating a gap between ch
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Paper 1, Paper 2; Literary Devices: Dramatic Irony
Situational irony occurs when outcomes or events contradict expectations or intentions, creating surprising or paradoxic
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An extended metaphor maintains a single metaphorical comparison across multiple sentences or lines, developing the compa
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Paper 1, Paper 2; Rhetorical Devices: Anaphora
Anaphora is the repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of successive clauses, phrases, or lines. It creates emp
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Paper 1, Paper 2; Rhetorical Devices: Anaphora
A tricolon is a rhetorical structure consisting of three grammatically parallel elements of increasing (crescendo), decr
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Antithesis places opposing or contrasting ideas, words, or concepts in parallel grammatical structures. It highlights di
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Chiasmus is a rhetorical structure where the second clause or phrase reverses the grammatical or conceptual structure of
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Verbal irony occurs when a speaker or narrator says something while implying the opposite meaning. It includes sarcasm (
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Repetition is the recurrence of words, phrases, sounds, or structural patterns. It creates emphasis, aids memory, reinfo
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Bathos is the abrupt descent from elevated language or serious expectation to the trivial or ridiculous. It creates humo
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Apostrophe is a rhetorical device where a speaker directly addresses someone absent, dead, or inanimate, or shifts addre
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Paper 1, Paper 2: Representation
Representation refers to how texts depict and construct portrayals of people, groups, experiences, and social realities.
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Paper 1, Paper 2: Representation
Context encompasses historical, cultural, biographical, and social circumstances surrounding texts. Understanding contex
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Paper 1, Paper 2: Representation
Author's purpose comprises the intentions, goals, and effects authors aim to achieve. Purposes can include entertaining,
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Audience comprises the intended or actual readers/listeners of texts. Audiences shape textual construction; writers cons
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Perspective and Unreliability
Perspective refers to the viewpoint from which a narrative is told: whose eyes do we see through, whose thoughts do we a
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Spoken Voice
Spoken voice encompasses the acoustic and linguistic features of spontaneous speech including prosodics (intonation, str
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Stress and Intonation
Stress refers to the emphasis placed on particular syllables within words or utterances through increased volume, durati
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