the thing you must always remember when studying a novel in english in year 10 is:

The thing you must always remember when studying a novel in English in Year 10 is:

• You do not simply “read” the novel and try to remember “what happens in” the novel!

you must ANALYSE the language style and narrative structure and form of the novel.

How do you do this???(… how do you “analyse” a text?)

• You INVESTIGATE the novel

• You explore the text closely… and pick-out (just like in Find-a-Word puzzles) the language forms and features used by the author.

• So – the one thing you simply have to learn (and understand) is the names and function of all the different Language Forms and Features(LFF)!

• You have to know:– the technical names of each LFF (Language Form and Feature)– you have to know which LFF is which - and…– you have to understand why each one is used (what effect does

each one have on “meaning” something?).

Simile

He’s as mad as a cut snake

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Metaphor

•You are a silly sausage•He is an ox of a man


Pun


Repetition, 1st person narrative and rhyme

I wonder how many stars in the sky?I wonder why we have to die?I wonder how many times you say no?I wonder where this silly rhyme will go?


Alliteration

The waves washed wildly over the wary surfers.


Allusion


Metaphor and allusion

I am the scarlett letter and Romeo the enemy


Irony/Juxtaposition

•The love ‘tween their children healed the hate ‘tween the two familes


Acronym

RSPCA

ISA

SEETEL

HSC


Foreshadowing – of a major twist in the plot – creates dramatic irony… when the reader / viewer knows something that a particular character doesn’t know!

•Little did he know… that this person was his mortal enemy!


Oxymoron


Jargon

ComposerResponderTextLanguage forms and featuresTextual evidenceContextIntertextual


Hyperbole

• I’ve told you a million times…• I’m gonna kill him for playing that

prank!!!!• He lives and breaths cricket• There was a mountain of work

still to be done


Ambiguity, Contrast and imagery

The figure wore a black hat and stood firm on the top stair. The child wore a white nightie and crouched on the bottom stair.


Satire/Allusion


Juxtaposition/Contrast


Satire


Irony


Personification

• The sun smiled down and the she-oaks sighed in the breeze.

• The sports car caressed the bitumen and the trees shuddered with fear


Pun/Stereotype/Imagery• Bank failures in Japan

We all know that financial uncertainty has hit many countries, including Japan. Did you hear?

The Origami Bank has folded, Sumo Bank has gone belly up and Bonsai Bank announced plans to cut some of its branches.

Karaoke Bank is up for sale and will likely go for a song, while shares in Kamikaze Bank were suspended after they nose-dived.

• Samurai Bank is soldiering on following sharp cutbacks, and Ninja Bank is reported to have taken a hit, but they remain in the black.

Furthermore, 500 staff at Karate Bank got the chop and analysts report that there is something fishy going on at Sushi Bank where it is feared that staff may get a raw deal.


Jargon


Pun


Ambiguity


Euphemism“it’s not you… it’s me”

“We need to talk…”

Being economical with the truth

James has a casual approach to homework

The old woman passed away quietly in her sleep

“I need to go to the bathroom”

“I have to do a number 2!!”


Pun/Colloquialism


Innuendo

• “Men who have large noisy cars have small appeal”

• Scarlett Johansen has big teeth.


Hyperbole


Personification


Satire


Oxymoron


Sarcasm


Onomatopoeia


Oxymoron


Imperative


Stereotype


Stay tuned…

• To be continued…


the thing you must always remember when studying a novel in english in year 10 is:

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