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Unit 3: Responding to and Creating Texts in Contexts
Quick questions on Stylistic features and literary techniques: WACE Year 12 English Unit 3
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What is metalanguage is a tool, not a trophy?Show answer
Metalanguage is the technical vocabulary for describing language: terms like syntax, diction, juxtaposition, enjambment, register. Used well, it lets you name a choice exactly so you can argue its effect. Used badly, it becomes label-dropping, a string of terms with no analysis attached. The test for every term you use is simple: does it help you make a point about effect, or is it just there to look knowledgeable.
What is move from device to effect every time?Show answer
The non-negotiable move is the link from a named feature to an argued effect. Naming a metaphor earns nothing. Naming a metaphor, explaining what it likens to what, and arguing what that likeness makes the reader understand or feel, is analysis. Train yourself to never leave a device sitting on the page without the effect attached.
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