Linguistic devices 2.5 / 5 based on 2 ratings ? English Language & LiteratureASWJEC Created by: AbigailCreated on: 05-04-13 15:03 Run on lines enjambment 1 of 34 A unit of poetic meter containing four feet Tetrameter 2 of 34 a poem of 14 lines, divided into 3 quatrains and a couplet, written in iambic pentameter Shakespearean sonnet 3 of 34 a mid-line pause caesura 4 of 34 A mood used to express a statement declarative mood 5 of 34 A mood expressing a question interrogative mood 6 of 34 The patterning of pairs and sounds, words or structures to create a sense of balance Parrelelism 7 of 34 A group of words usually with a finite verb, which is structurally larger than a phrase Clause 8 of 34 A sentence made up of one main or one or more subordinate or dependent clauses Complex sentance 9 of 34 A change in the structure or the sentence to place emphasis on an opening sentence element foregrounding 10 of 34 A change in the structure of the sentance to place emphasis on an opening sentence element End-Focus 11 of 34 The omission of part of a sentence which can nevertheless be understood from the context Ellipsis 12 of 34 The omission of co-ordinating conjunctions as a feature of rhetorical style Asyndetic listing 13 of 34 using conjunctions to join clauses Syndetic listing 14 of 34 To place two or more things side by side Juxtaposition 15 of 34 The use of contradictory words in a phrase oxymoron 16 of 34 A name for everyday objects Concrete noun 17 of 34 A name of a distinctive person, place or other unique reference Proper noun 18 of 34 A name to desribe things that have no physical qualities Abstract noun 19 of 34 A name that refers to a group of people, animals or things Collective Noun 20 of 34 Words that express states, actions or processes Verb 21 of 34 A verb that expresses an action rather than a state Dynamic verb 22 of 34 verbs that express states of being or processes Stative verb 23 of 34 A verb that precedes another verb Auxiliary verb 24 of 34 A word that modifies verbs,adverbs, adjectives, conjunctions and prepositions Adverb 25 of 34 A word that replaces a noun Pronoun 26 of 34 Indefinite article A 27 of 34 Definate article The 28 of 34 A group of words joined by similarities Lexical set 29 of 34 The associations attached to a word in addition to its dictionary definition Connotations 30 of 34 Exaggeration used to heighten feeling and intensity Hyberbole 31 of 34 A word that's no longer in use Archaisms 32 of 34 a description which does not compare one thing to another but actually becomes the other eg the trees danced in the wind Metaphor 33 of 34 Repitition of the same or similar vowel sounds Assonance 34 of 34
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