key terms Flashcards
(40 cards)
What is an adjective?
A word that describes a noun or pronoun
What is a adverb?
A word that modifies any other word class, or whole clauses.
e.g my wife makes me very happy.
What is alliteration?
The repitition of the same sound.
e.g cat clinging.
What is analepsis?
A literary device in a narrative, in which a past event is narrated at a point later than its chronological place in a story.
What is a clause?
A group of words including a verb.
What is a cliché?
An immediately recognisable and greatly overused phrase.
What is a colloquial?
An adjective resembling speech; very informal.
What is a complex sentence?
A sentence made up of one main and one or more subordinate or dependent clauses, normally connected by a subordinating conjunction such as because, although, since, or a relative pronoun such as who, that, where.
What is a compound sentence?
A sentence made up of at least two main clauses joined together by a co-ordinating conjunction.
e.g i like chocolate but I don’t like fudge.
What is a connotations?
The associations attached to a word in addition to its dictonary definition.
What is context?
Things outside the text which may shape its meaning.
What is a declarative?
A statement.
What is a dependent or a subordinate clause?
A group of words which add extra information to the independent main clause.
What is dialogue?
Language interaction between two or more participants.
What is a dichotomy?
A division or contrast between two things that are represented as being opposed or entirely different.
What is emotive language?
Language which arouses emotion in the audience.
What is empathy?
The ability to understand and share another persons feelings or problems.
What is euphemism?
A word which replaces a term seen by society as taboo or unpleasant.
What is a exclamative?
An exclamation.
What is a extended metaphor?
A comparison between to unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph or lines in a poem.
What is lexis?
The linguistic term for all the words in a language.
What is a focaliser?
The character from whose perspective a story is told.
What is forshadowing?
Inclusion of an event which contains elements of, or has similarities to a later event.
What is formal and informal language?
Choice of language made by a speaker or writer according to context.
