ENGLISH- Key terms/definitions

Question 1

Kennings

Answer 1

A kenning poem is a special type of poem that describes an object or a creature without ever using its name(it is a bit like a riddle).

Question 2

Alliteration

Answer 2

When two or more words start with the same letter.

Question 3

Accent

Answer 3

a manner of pronunciation peculiar to a particular individual, location, or nation.

Question 4

Dialect

Answer 4

Dialect is how people speak in a particular region, or how people speak who belong to a particular group

Question 5

Idiolect

Answer 5

the form of a language that a particular person speaks. Ways of speaking.

Question 6

Sociolect

Answer 6

a variety of a language that the members of a particular social class or social group speak.

Question 7

Standard English

Answer 7

The way you talk english.

Question 8

Received pronunciation

Answer 8

The way someone talks and pronounces every letter.

Question 9

repetoire

Answer 9

all the things a person is cable of doing

Question 10

etymology

Answer 10

the study of origin of words

Question 11

morphology

Answer 11

the study f external parts of a word