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Literary Frameworks for Langlit
The more of these terms you can use accurately, the better chance you have of a decent
grade.
Theme:
Message(s)
Meaning(s)
Voice/Character:
Narrative voice
1st/2nd/3rd person narration
Direct/indirect address, synthetic personalisation
Attitudes of characters and of voice
Form:
Poetic form - e.g. ballad, ode etc)
Caesurae & enjambement
Rhyme scheme
Context - audience & purpose
Genre - novel, broadsheet feature, leaflet etc
Imagery:
Figurative language
Sense imagery
Metaphor/simile
Personification
Symbolism
Although these are the ‘literary’ framework headings, they do not only apply to literary
texts, nor do they only include literary features.