AS LTA1A Tess of the d’Urbervilles &

A Woman of No Importance

In Tess of the D’Urbervilles

• Pathetic Fallacy – the seasons of Tess’ life reflect her emotions, nature always depicts the way that she feels. E.g. summer love , winter break up

• Alliteration – ‘soft and silent Tess’Show her innocence,

quietness, frailty ‘soft south wind’ –

show her new hope, mild weather

Similies and Metaphors

• ‘a pleasant voice in every breeze’ – personification of the wind, makes the setting seem friendly, welcoming to Tess

• The ‘masculine’ sun metaphor – ‘broke through’ the shutters and ‘throwing stripes like red-hot pokers’ – strong, destructive hell-link (hot burning fire?), ‘like’ creates a similie…

As well as Wider Reading… Looking at an Unseen Text:

• Climax • Internal Conflict (in the mind) or External Conflict (e.g.

man vs. nature)• Cliché • Hyperbolic language• Imagery• Irony • Onomatopoeic language• Oxymorons• Paradox e.g. What a pity that youth must be wasted on the young • Repetition or Anaphora (structural) He will, he will etc. • Antithesis, Juxtaposition, Contrast not a nation of peace but a nation of war

• Assonance – similar sounds in different words