ENGB

Question 1

What is a modal verb?

Answer 1

Suggests possibility or necessity

Shows how much persuasion

Question 2

Which voice hides responsibility?

Answer 2

Passive

Question 3

What do short simple sentences do?

Answer 3

Create impact by persuasion

Question 4

4 sentence types…?

Answer 4

Declarative - information
Interrogative - asking
Imperative - instruction
Exclamatory - exclaiming

Question 5

Examples of figurative language?

Answer 5

Metaphors- running out of time

Similes

Question 6

Examples of grammar?

Answer 6

Morphology- changing words to fit TENSE or PLURALITY
Syntax- order of words in a sentence
humour?..

Question 7

Examples of plosives

Answer 7

B,p,t,d,k,g - burst

Question 8

Examples of fricatives?

Answer 8

F,v,s,z,sh- hissing

Question 9

What is assonance?

Answer 9

Repetition of vowels

Question 10

What are skip connectors?

Answer 10

Going back to a subject by using discourse markers

Question 11

What are the five functions of speech?

Answer 11

Referential- provide information
Expressive- feelings
Transactional- getting something done
Interactional- focusing on the social relationship 
Phatic- small talk

Question 12

What are examples of deictic expressions?

Answer 12

There, here, those

Question 13

What is colloquialism?

Answer 13

Informal use of language (can be standard English)

Question 14

What is the purpose of negative face?

Answer 14

Not to feel imposed upon

Question 15

What are the 3 types of power by wareing?

Answer 15

Political power-politicians and the law
Personal power-role, occupation
Social- class

Question 16

What are euphemisms?

Answer 16

Describing something unpleasant, pleasantly

Question 17

How are extended noun phrases persuasive?

Answer 17

Add description, influential power to buy something

Question 18

What factors affect the context of production?

Answer 18

The persons knowledge and beliefs, background
Recent/relevant social events
Purpose/importance
Implied reader

Question 19

What ranks are good for groupings?

Answer 19

Purpose
Formality
Audience 
Written vs spoken
Genre
Linguistic frameworks

Question 20

What is intonation?

Answer 20

Pitch/tone of voice

Question 21

What is prosody? (Prosodic features)

Answer 21

Rhythm, stress and intonation of speech

Question 22

What are heads and tails?

Answer 22

Linking noun and pronoun

Question 23

What is sociolinguistics?

Answer 23

The study of how language is influenced by society

Question 24

What is representation?

Answer 24

The way a particular group is portrayed through language

Question 25

What is an idiolect?

Answer 25

An individual’s unique accent/dialect

Question 26

What is sociolect?

Answer 26

Language of a particular social group

Question 27

What are adjacency pairs?

Answer 27

Speaking of an first utterance provokes a responding utterance
“How are you?” “Fine thanks”

Question 28

What is phatic communication?

Answer 28

Don’t contribute to the conversation but still have a social purpose “you’re welcome”
Cliche, politeness

Question 29

What are non sequenced lists?

Answer 29

No order or priority

Question 30

What are the three functions of teacher talk?

Answer 30

Informative- stating information
Directive - “I want you to…”
Elicitation- what’s the capital of Holland