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  • Created on: 10-03-16 18:34
Antonyms
Opposite meanings e.g. big is an antonym of small
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Denotation
Literal meaning
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Connotation
Associated meanings
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HFL/LFL
Eveyday words and complicated vocab
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Jargon
Business language
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Hyperbole
Exaggeration
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Metaphor
Comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'
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Pathetic fallacy
Attributing human emotions to nature to reflect the emotions of a character
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Personnification
Giving an object human characteristics
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Semantic Field
Group of words connected by a shared meaning
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Simile
Combining two things using 'like' or 'as'
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Taboo language
Inappropriate language or swear words
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Allusion
Making reference to something outside the text
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Anaphoric repetition
Repeating the same word or phrase at the start
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Anaphoric referencing
Make reference to something previously mentioned using pronouns
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Antagonist
Opposition to the main character
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Antithesis
Contrast
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Cataphoric referencing
using pronouns to foreshadow a reference that is unidentified
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Confidant
Someone the protagonist can confide in
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Prolepsis
Interjecting scene that takes you to the future
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Analepsis
Flashback to the past
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Oxymoron
Contradictory terms are combined
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Protagonist
main character
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Literal meaning

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Denotation

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Associated meanings

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Eveyday words and complicated vocab

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Business language

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