Level 2 Language Features Flashcards

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Rhyme

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When the ends of words have the same sound. Usually at the ends of lines of poetry but can be internal rhyme.

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Rhythm

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A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed symbols.

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Alliteration

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Repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words. Usually in close succession.

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Assonance

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Vowel sounds are repeated at the beginning or middle of nearby words.

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Sound Clusters

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A group of sounds is repeated throughout a sentence or a group of lines in a poem, not just at the beginnings of words.

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Onomatopoeia

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Words sound like the sounds they name.

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Repetition

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Repeating the same or nearly the same words for effect.

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Parallel Construction

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Using the same word class order twice (in same or two sentences).

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Triple Construction

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Repeating three times a group of words that have the same pattern of word classes. Each group may or may not start with the same word/s.

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Simile

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An image that compares two things using like or as.

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Metaphor

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An image that compares two things without using like or as.

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Personification

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An image that gives human qualities to non-human things.

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13
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Choice of words (vocabulary)

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Using more unusual or specialized or technical words.

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14
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Use of Slang

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Most likely used in direct speech.

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Use of direct or indirect speech

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Quoting or reporting spoken words.

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Use of incorrect grammar

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Generally used in direct speech but may also be used in autobiography for a particular effect.

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Pun

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Wordplay involving the use of a word with two different meanings or two words that sound the same but mean different things.
Often used in advertising.

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Hyperbole

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Deliberate exaggeration.

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Litotes

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Deliberate understatement.

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Use of multiple adjectives or adverbs

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The adjectives give more information about the noun and the adverbs about the verb.

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Simple sentences

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These have only one complete verb, though there may be one or more incomplete verbs.

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Compound sentences

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These have a minimum of two complete verbs and each part of the sentence can stand on its own.

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Complex Sentences

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These have a minimum of two complete verbs; the part of the sentence which has one of those verbs, but cannot stand on its own, is called a subordinate clause.

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Rhetorical question

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A question that does not expect an answer from the reader or audience.

25
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Use of command

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This is the verb used alone (without a noun or pronoun). Can be used with adverbs or other word classes.

26
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Use of first and second person pronouns

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1st person singular = I, me, my, mine, plural = We, us, our, ours
2nd person singular and plural = You, your, yours

Mostly used in 
autobiography
1st person narrative
direct speech 
oral presentations
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Symbolism

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Use of an object (concrete noun) to represent some emotion or belief system or other abstract noun.

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Euphemism

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Use of a less objectionable or harsh expression to avoid upsetting or offending people.

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Neologism

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New word – an invented word.

30
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Listing

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Objects/reasons/parts of a whole, etc. are listed – in text, usually with commas separating them; in adverts/web pages or text, can be with bullet points.

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Emotive language

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Choice of words which have specifically intended emotional effects or are intended to evoke an emotional response in the reader.

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Sarcasm

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Unkind humour directed against what the writer / speaker doesn’t like.

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Irony

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Saying the opposite of what you mean.

34
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Contrast

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Using words of opposite meaning close together.

35
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Use of numbers/statistics

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36
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Use of authority figures

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The words (or image) of a famous person or celebrity are used.

37
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Allusion

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A reference to another work.

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Quotation

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Direct use of another’s words (spoken or written)