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Unit 1: Perspectives in English
Quick questions on Genre and text types (QCE English Unit 1)
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What are literary genres?Show answer
Poetry (sonnet, free verse, ballad, ode); drama (tragedy, comedy, monologue); prose fiction (short story, novel, novella). Foreground aesthetic and imaginative purposes.
What are non-literary genres?Show answer
Feature article, essay, speech, editorial, biography, memoir, report. Foreground informative or persuasive purposes.
What are multimodal genres?Show answer
Film, television, podcast, graphic novel, photo essay, video essay. Combine word, image and sound; require analysis of how different modes interact.
What is sonnet?Show answer
lines, regular metre, conventional rhyme scheme (English: ABAB CDCD EFEF GG; Italian: ABBAABBA CDECDE), often a turn (volta) at line .
What is feature article?Show answer
Headline, by-line, lead, supporting paragraphs, expert quotes, statistics, kicker. Tone informative-persuasive.
What is speech?Show answer
Direct address, rhetorical structure, repetition (anaphora), tricolons, building to call-to-action.
What is film?Show answer
Mise-en-scène, cinematography, editing, sound design. Multimodal interaction of word, image and sound.
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