Aesthetic Features Senior English A definition AESTHETIC The

Aesthetic Features Senior English

A definition AESTHETIC (The Australian Pocket Dictionary, Oxford Pocket) �Of, or sensitive to beauty �Artistic, tasteful �Philosophy of beauty, especially in art (The same applies with language) FEATURES �Qualities �Distinctive or characteristic that is part of a thing

Purpose �To give a piece of work refined quality, beauty �To make it interesting �To elicit sentiment amongst readers �So that the piece can have memorable qualities �To create imagery and imaginative effects �To set tone, construct atmosphere / mood �What creates such feelings? … Literary devices amongst other things. You have learned all of this before but, let’s review.

Types of Aesthetic Features (Aesthetic features are explicitly noted in Instrument specific marking guides for English. You either need to use them or analyse them in tasks. Aesthetic features are largely poetic devices 1. Visual devices: Simile Metaphor Personification 2. Symbolism and motifs Use of symbols to express ideas, emotions, attitudes, values Can be done in narratives through simile/ metaphor/ extended metaphor, analogy, lexical chains (a family of imagery) Can be costuming, set design, props, stagecraft in dramatised texts and camera angles and film techniques in film 3. Auditory features - Onomatopoeia, alliteration, assonance, rhythm, rhyme, cacophony, euphony. Repeated sounds can represent reality or construct moods. - Music, sound techniques in film and stagecraft