English Vocabulary

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Adjacency Pair
The term in conversation analysis for the two halves of an interaction between speakers, the first turn and the response.
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Alliteration
The usage and grouping of words beginning with the same letter or sound, for literary effect.
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Assonance
The repetition of vowel sounds to create rhymes within a phrase or sentence.
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auxiliary verbs
verbs that are used to form the tenses, moods or voices of other verbs
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colloquial language
informal, everyday language used in speaking
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context
the circumstances of the text
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contextual factors
the circumstances that exist in which an event occurs and which help to explain the nature of the event
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contraction
the shortening of a word to reflect spoken usage, indicated by an apostrophe
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cooperative principle
the idea that participants in a conversation communicate effectively by working together to reach common goals
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coordinating conjunctions
the words that link together clauses within a sentence
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The usage and grouping of words beginning with the same letter or sound, for literary effect.

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Alliteration

Card 3

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The repetition of vowel sounds to create rhymes within a phrase or sentence.

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Card 4

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verbs that are used to form the tenses, moods or voices of other verbs

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Card 5

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informal, everyday language used in speaking

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