Keywords- English Language Mode analysis AQA A

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Here are some key terms you may want yo learn to get you those high marks in the exam, I hope they get me a high mark

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Deletion
Missing letters out and often vowels e.g. gd instead of good
1 of 15
Blend
Combining two or more words e.g. Pop and corn to make popcorn
2 of 15
Graphology
The visual layout of features of text
3 of 15
Adjacency pair
Two pairs of utterances in a conversation usually occuring one after another
4 of 15
Back channel support
Support or feedback from the listener e.g saying yeah after someone has said something to show your understanding
5 of 15
Tag question
A short interrogative attached to a longer declarative for example lovely weather outside, isn't it?
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Discourse marker
A verbal sigh bots such as next to guide the listener through the conversation
7 of 15
Face threatening act
A communicative act that threatens a persons positive or negative face needs
8 of 15
Mirroring
When one speaker uses words or phrases used previously by another speaker
9 of 15
Off record remark
Dropping a hint or saying something without really saying in- implicature
10 of 15
Positive face needs
OUr need to be liked
11 of 15
Rhetorical question
A question asked that is not meant to be answers or the speaker answers it themself
12 of 15
Synthetic personalisation
The speaker uses the second person pronoun to fake a personal relation to the audience
13 of 15
Triad
A pattern of three words for example the good the bad and the ugly also known as the power of three
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Syntactic parallelism
The repetition of sentence structure
15 of 15

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Card 2

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Combining two or more words e.g. Pop and corn to make popcorn

Back

Blend

Card 3

Front

The visual layout of features of text

Back

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Card 4

Front

Two pairs of utterances in a conversation usually occuring one after another

Back

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Card 5

Front

Support or feedback from the listener e.g saying yeah after someone has said something to show your understanding

Back

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