Narrator Interference
When a narrator quotes someone else’s words, they have some influence over how we interpret and react to the quoted words. We call this “narrator interference”.
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Direct Speech [DS]
Direct speech is a type of speech presentation that indicates that you are repeating the actual words of another person. You do this by surrounding the speech in punctuation (usually quotation marks or inverted commas) and using a reporting clause (such as “she said”).
Pragmatics
Pragmatics is one of the six microlinguistic levels you study in English language. It is about how language is used in context.
Blank Verse
Blank verse is when you have lines of poetry that have a regular metre but no rhyme scheme. You use it to talk about poetry and plays that use verse.
Foregrounding
In English, foregrounding theory is when writers draw attention to parts of their text using language. It is a stylistic term connecting literature and linguistics.
Verbal Irony
Verbal irony is when someone says something that goes against the reality of their situation. They say it in a way that is noticeable to the people listening to them.
Flouting a Maxim
Flouting a maxim is when you break one of Grice’s Maxims on purpose. You want the other people in the conversation to notice that you’ve done it and interpret a hidden message in your words.
Maxim of Manner
The maxim of manner is an expectation that people will be clear with what they are saying in a conversation. This is one of the four expectations that make up Grice’s Maxims, otherwise known as the Cooperative Principle.
Maxim of Relation
The maxim of relation is an expectation that people will say relevant things in a conversation. It is one of the four expectations that make up Grice’s Maxims, otherwise known as the Cooperative Principle.
Maxim of Quantity
The maxim of quantity is the expectation that people will say just enough and give the right amount of information in a conversation. It is one of the four expectations that make up Grice’s Maxims, otherwise known as the Cooperative Principle.
