key words 0.0 / 5 ? English LanguageLanguage variation and discoursesA2/A-levelAQA Created by: cara123461Created on: 27-05-21 21:15 sibilance repetition of s sounds 1 of 25 assonance repetition of vowel sounds, sky, high,die 2 of 25 passive voice agent comes after verb, the ball was kicked by the man 3 of 25 active voice agent precedes verb, the man kicked the ball 4 of 25 anaphoric reference reference back to something previously stated "bob is 17 and HE plays badminton" 5 of 25 cataphoric reference reference forward, informal, "hes a badminton player" 6 of 25 exophoric reference "that man there" linguistic context is assumed 7 of 25 minor sentence sentence that likes a subject and verb 8 of 25 deontic modal auxiliary verb must, should, will - generally suggesting obligation 9 of 25 epistemic modal auxiliary verb may, can, might - suggesting possibility 10 of 25 primary auxiliary verb be, have, do 11 of 25 cohesion internal links in text - paragraphing, consistent use of semantic field 12 of 25 ellipsis beginning or word missed "you ok" 13 of 25 declarative statement 14 of 25 imperative command 15 of 25 interrogative question 16 of 25 exclamatory exclamation 17 of 25 superlative fattest, most dynamic 18 of 25 comparative fatter than me, more dynamic than me 19 of 25 metonyms referring to something by one of its elements - wrinklies (old people) 20 of 25 dysphemism expressing something in an unpleasant way "kicking the bucket" 21 of 25 diminutive shortening someones name 22 of 25 discourse structure the way information is organised in a text - chronological, question/answer 23 of 25 antonyms words with opposite meanings - happy/sad 24 of 25 contraction won't, can't 25 of 25
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