formal Flashcards
(18 cards)
alliteration
repetition of initial consonant. Big Blue Bird. ( P )
assonance
repetition of vowels in words Get Better ( P )
consonance
repetition of consonants in words white gate ( P )
rhythm
recurrence of stresses on speech ( P )
rhyme
recurring pattern of sounds at ends of words or speech ( P )
lexical choice
situation+ relation
sophisticated lexemes
political jargon
simple+complex sentences
compounding
combination of two or more free morphemes ( M )
acronyms
pronounceable words formed by initials of words ( M )
initialism
non-pronounceable words ( M )
blends
a word composed from elements of two different words. blog ( M )
passive voice
subject is acted upon by the verb
“ the cake was eaten by Fred” ( S )
active voice
subject performs the actions
“ Fred ate the cake” ( S )
antithesis
parallel structure of contrasted phrases or clauses
“one small step for man, one giant step for mankind ( S )
parallelism
balance between sentences of similar grammatical structure.
“ he came, he saw, and he conquered” ( S )
cohesion
lexical choice information flow (front and end flow) repetition semantic field using standard aus english
coherence
logical ordering
formatting
consistency
positive face needs
the need to be connected and a member of the group
“lets do it together,” “ you and I have the same problems”\
negative face needs
need to be independent and free
“I’m sorry to bother you” “ I know your busy”
