Actually
we have been using them all year but I've collected them together here so you
can get a perspective on how each approach works.
The first
column titled Language Frameworks has evolved as a scientific
approach to studying written texts and derives from Linguistics - the science
of language. The second column titled Literature Frameworks has evolved as an
artistic approach to studying literary texts. The third column has been added
because it contains some relevant details about poetry that did not fit in
elsewhere.
Each box
contains an approach to studying a work of literature and includes some
technical terms relevant to that approach.
In your
presentations now and at the end of year presentation and commentary
assessments, you will be expected to use a variety of analytical approaches.
Language Frameworks
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Literature Frameworks
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WRITTEN MODE
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POETRY – consider genre e.g. sonnet, ballad, lyric
Form – iambic pentameter, blank verse, stanza, quatrain, free verse
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GRAMMAR e.g.
Verbs/adverbs: nouns - concrete, abstract, pronouns: adjectives,
comparatives, superlatives
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IMAGERY
Visual images create strong vivid, life like mental impressions in a
readers imagination e.g.
metaphor, simile, personification
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WRITING STYLE
e.g. descriptive, dialogue, reflective,
monologue,
narrative – action
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REGISTER e.g.
Informal - colloquial, slang, accent, contractions, ellipsis, elision, expletives
Formal- objective, unemotional,
complete sentences, correct grammar, appropriate lexis
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PHONOLOGY sound patterning creates harmony.
Usually the effect is pleasing but can be used to create tension e.g. alliteration, rhyme,
onomatopoeia, assonance, rhythm, sibilance
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SENSUOUS LANGUAGE
Language that draws on the five
senses. This creates strong vivid evocations of place e.g.
Sight = dark
Sound = whisper
Touch = smooth
Taste = bitter
Smell = rank
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SYNTAX e.g.
Sentence types complex, compound, simple
Sentence functions declarative, interrogative,
imperative, exclamatory
Sentence structures
Subject, object, main clause, subordinate clause
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RHETORICAL DEVICES e.g.
list of three, contrasting pair, direct address, repetition, emotive language, lists, emotive language, hyperbole |
ELEMENTAL LANGUAGE
Language that draws on the four
elements. These elements are powerful natural forces and texts that contain
such elements create powerful impressions on readers e.g.
Earth = mountain, roots, cave
Air = wind, still,
Fire = burning, flame,
Water = tides, frozen, flow
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LEXIS e.g.
denotations, connotations, simple, complex, emotive, rational,
neutral, lexical field, low/high frequency, polysyllabic, monosyllabic
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