English Language
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- Created by: Emma Stephens
- Created on: 10-04-13 00:37
Lexis
words
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Semantic Field
group of words throughout a text that link to a subject e.g mouse, keyboard, screen = Computer
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Phonology
sound patterns
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Graphology
layout
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Figurative Language
devices e.g metaphor - simile - personification
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Syntax
order and arrangement of grammar
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Connotation
association with words e.g red - blood, danger, love
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Accent
how words are pronounced
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Dialect
vocabulary
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'...'
suspension marks
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Ellipsis
when words are missed out
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1st person
me, my, I
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2nd person
you, your
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3rd person
he, she, it
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Direct Adress
2nd person - makes it personal
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Preposition
tells you where about something is e.g in, under, over
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Conjunctions/ Connectives
and, so, but
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Determiners
tells you whose it is - which it is - and how may e.g - Apples - Emma's - those - six
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Articles - Definite and Indefinite
the ---- a, an
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Sentence type
Simple - compound - complex
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(Sentence mood) Declarative
makes statements
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(Sentence mood) Interrogative
asks questions
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(Sentence mood) Imperative
gives comands
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(Sentence mood) Exclamatory
exclaims - expresses surprise
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Alliteration
repetition of consonants usually at the start of words
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Assonance
repetition of vowel sounds within the words
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Onomatopoeia
sounds in text e.g Bang! Crash!
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Sibilance
repetition of 's'
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Repitition
words are repeated more than once
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Fricative
alliteration with 'f'
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Plosives
'p' sounds - 'b' sounds adds a harsh/ aggressive tone to the text
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Discourse Markers
Indicate the structure is moving onto another point
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Parenthesis
punctuation device - ( ) ***
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Anaphoric Referencing
refers back to something said earlier in the text
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Intertextual Referencing
refers to another text
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Foregrounding
draws the readers attention to something said at the beginning of the text
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End Focus
the most important information in a clause or sentence is placed at the end.
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Hyperbole
exaggeration
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Metaphor
saying something is something else
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Simile
saying something is like something else
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Personification
giving an inanimate object human qualities
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Antithesis
direct opposites
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Coinage / Neologism
creation of a new word
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Taboo Language
swearing
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Colloquial
makes it sound common - everyday kind of talk
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Jargon
Language used within different particular groups
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Euphemism
when things are said nicely - polite and pleasant
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Dysphemism
when things are said nastily - harsh - rude
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Idiom / Cliche
a common phrase that is culturally understood
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Oxymoron
Contradictive tone - e.g freshly frozen
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Zoomorphism
giving things/people animal characteristics
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Anthropomorphism
Anthropomorphism is the idea that an animal, a god, or an object has feelings or characteristics like those of a human being.
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Elision
Puts words together e.g fish 'n' chips
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Comparative Adjectives
compare - usually end in 'er'
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Superlative Adjectives
usually ends in 'est'
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Evaluative Adjectives
says how good or bad something is
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Attributive Adjectives
adjectives that come before the noun
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Predicative Adjectives
adjectives that come after the noun
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Adverbs Intensifiers
describe the quality of the action - how strong or weak it is.
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Adverbs Premodifiers
words that modify or change the meaning of an adverb.
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Adverbs Emphasizers
words that make the verb stronger. Emphasizers would include such words as certainly, obviously, really, simply, literally, for sure.
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Concrete Nouns
Physical things, things you can kick
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Abstract Nouns
feelings
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Collective Nouns
groups of things - people - animals
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Proper Nouns
names of people places and things
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Pronouns
me, you, him, her, it, us, them
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Stative Verb
describe a state or situation as opposed to an action or process. . Often stative verbs are about liking or disliking something
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Dynamic Verb
to indicate an action, process, or sensation as opposed to a state.
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Modal Verb
can could may might will would must shall should
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Parallelism
Balance of structure e.g auto glass repair, auto glass replace
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Syndetic listing
lists with and
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Asyndetic listing
lists with commas ' , '
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Passive Voice
Take yourself out of the sentence
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Active Voice
Put yourself in the sentence
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Present Participles
ing at the end of the verb
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
group of words throughout a text that link to a subject e.g mouse, keyboard, screen = Computer
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Semantic Field
Card 3
Front
sound patterns
Back
Card 4
Front
layout
Back
Card 5
Front
devices e.g metaphor - simile - personification
Back
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