English prior knowledge revision

Yr 9 prior knowledge bi-annual revision

Megalopsychia

“Greatness of the soul”. The audience roots for characters that are like this as they contain both good and bad aspects around them, making their loss a major turning point.

Hamartia

Error of judgement - the action , e.g Romeo killing himself after thinking Juliet is dead

Tragic Flaw

A character trait or flaw that leads to the downfall of a protagonist in a tragedy, often related to their decisions or actions. e.g Romeo’s tragic flaw is that he is impatient so he doesn’t wait for the messenger nor for Juliet, leading in both of them dieing.

Hubris

Excessive pride or self-confidence, often leading to a downfall. In tragedies, hubris typically results in a character defying the gods or disregarding moral codes.

Peripetia

A sudden reversal or change in circumstances in a story, especially in a tragedy, often leading to the protagonist's downfall. E.g when Romeo kills Tibalt and is exiled

Anaganorisis

Protaginists’ moment of realisation, transition from ignorance to knowledge e.g when Juliet wakes up and sees Romeo dead.

Catastrophe

Fatal disaster that end the play

Catharsis

Expulsion of negative emotions, relief

Trope

A figure of speech that plays with the literal meaning of words

Scheme

A figure of speech that plays with the structure of a phrase/words

What is a Metaphor? (trope or scheme?)

Trope

What is Asyndeton? (trope or scheme?)

Scheme

What are the terms ; Similie, Personification and zoomorphism? (Trope or scheme?)

Trope

“My lips were icicles” - Trope or scheme?

trope

“I came,i saw,i conquered” - Trope or scheme?

Scheme

Chiasmus

a rhetorical device where concepts, words, or grammatical structures are repeated in reverse order in successive clauses, creating a balanced, mirror-image pattern. E.g "Ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country"Ass

assonance

a literary device and sound technique where similar or identical vowel sounds are repeated in nearby words, generally while the surrounding consonant sounds remain different. Eg “The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plains” Or “Easy peasy lemon squeezy!”

Ethos

Showing your experience eg maybe using statistics

Logos

The logic of your arguement, showing that it’s right

Pathos

Engaging with the emotions of the audience

Historical fiction

A literary genre where the story takes place in the past in order to capture the details of time. The people can be made up but the events may be historically accurate e.g the empress by Tanika Gupta

6 conventions of romantisism

Melancholy and isolation

Idolisation of women

idolisation of the common man

Pathetic Fallacy + Personification

Focus on the individual

The sublime

What is the Sublime?

Massive appretiation of Nature and feeling very small in comparison to it

Patrarchan Sonnet structure?

ABBA ABBA CDCDCD or CDECDE

1 octave and 1 sestet. In between them is the volta.

Every sonnet can only have 14 line

Shakesperean sonnet structure?

ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

3 Quatrains (4 lines each) and 1 rhyming couplet at the end. Between the 3rd quatrain and rhyming couplet is the voltaC

Construal

How a text/situation is presented in one particular way/perspective among alternetives E.g “Half full or Half empty?”

Pathetic fallacy

When weather reflects mood

A fable

A short fictional story that includes animals or anything thats non-human. They always have a moral to them

allegory

Where characters and events are symbols. They teach life lessons.

Satire

A writer attacks a serious issue in a funny way

Satirical allegory

Characters and events represent a serious issue in a mocking wayT

Totilitarianism

A form of government that asserts control over all citizens, not permitting freedom.