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ENG4U Test Questions and Answers Already Passed Latest Update Literary Theory - Answers A lens through which one views a text. Different schools of literary theory offer different ways of seeing and interpreting a text. Reader Response Theory - Answers -Stresses the importance of the reader's role in interpreting texts. -When you read a text you approach it with all your prior knowledge, experience, culture, world view etc. -As you read, ask yourself, "what are you bringing to the text that makes you interpret the text that way?" this is called a "transactional analysis." -DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THE AUTHOR INTENDED Archetypal Theory - Answers -Arche = "First", Typos = "form" -Archetypes determine the form and function of literary works -Archetypes are the recurring images, symbols, or patters which may include motifs -A text's meaning is shaped through cultural and psychological myths -Fundamental Plot Archetype- "The Hero's Journey" -Uses common archetypal figures (Mentor, Mother, Trickster, Villain, Hero, Child) -DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THE AUTHOR INTENDED Feminist Theory - Answers -Examines the roles of women in literature -How does the protagonist treat female characters vs male characters? -How are women portrayed? -What happens when a woman makes her own choices? Postcolonial Theory - Answers -How one group changes or "colonizes" another -Relationship between personal and cultural identity -What people are regarded as "other" -How does the text represent colonial oppression? Mainstream Media - Answers Easy to find, large budgets, include ads, large audience, neutral POV Alternative Media - Answers Harder to find, smaller budgets, smaller audience, opinionated Citizen Journalism - Answers -Social media and sharing cites that the public uses to quickly spread a message -Provides real-time, first-person accounts of what is happening -ex #Rio2016 Alliteration - Answers Repeating the initial CONSONANT of a group of words for aural effect and memorability Allusion - Answers Reference to a well-known source or event (History) Anecdote - Answers A story used for effect, sometimes as an analogy or as an introduction to a topic Assonance - Answers Repeating VOWEL sounds for aural effect and memorability Cliché - Answers An overused word or grouping of words with the effect that potential impact is diminished Colloquialism/Slang - Answers Informal language Diction - Answers The author's choice of words to create a specific effect Extended Metaphor - Answers A metaphor which is introduced and then developed throughout all or part of a literary work Hyperbole - Answers An overstatement which draws emphasis Idiom - Answers Language that directs to a particular group of people, region, or country (G'day mate, y'all) Interjection - Answers Usually an exclamation used to express emotion ("Damn!") Jargon - Answers Language specific to a particular occupation, setting, or institution