Toolkit Terminology Flashcards

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What is Alliteration? - Phonological features

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The repitition of the initial consonant sound in words in close proximety E.g Men are gruff ad grumpy,cranky, crabbed and cross.

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The repetition of the initial consonant sound in words in close proximity E.g Bang Babble Tinkle.

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The Repetition of the Vowel sound in words in close proximity E.g Maybe it's Maybelline.

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The repetition of final consonant sounds in close proximity e.g Odds and Ends, short and sweet.

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The correspondence of sounds at the ends of pairs/groups of clauses or lines E.g I'm a lean, mean man fighting machine

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The pattern created by the distribution of stressed and unstressed syllables in an utterance e.g I came to bury ceasar, not to praise him.

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A word or phrase associated with the sudden expression of emotion in spontaneous speech. E.g No way!

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Words or phrases from slang or dialect. E.g That's bare sick innit fam

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The sliding together of tow sounds into one in rapid casual speech E.g Gotcha, dunno.

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The gentle, languid effect of long vowel sounds eg. The cool wave withdrew down the fading beach.

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The clipped, abrupt effect of short vowel sounds e.g He smashed his fist down into the box

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The mellifluous effect of soft consonant sounds. e.g The murmuring pleasure of a Lazy stream

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The harsh effect of hard consonant sounds e.g The furious witch cackled and spat.

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The online conservation takes place in real-time with immediate turn-taking.

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Using more words than you really need to convey an idea to add emphasis and stress, e.g 'U R never, ever, gonna believe this... not in a million billion years...'

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Using features to replicate inter-personal aspects of spoken language and to make it seem real e.g Using capital letters to indicate shouting, using facial epressions (Emoticons) Simulating laughter (Hahahah), use of suspension dots (..)/ hyphens (-) to indicate pauses etc.

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The repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses E.g 'I needed a drink, I needed a lot of life insurance, I needed a vacation, I needed a home in the country.'

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The juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in balanced phrases. E.g 'love is an ideal thing, Marriage a real thing.'

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Using synonyms to refer to the same thing E.g Cheryl cole' The former Girls aloud singer'

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The substitution of an inoffensive term for one considered offensively explicit. E.g Let go instead of fired.

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An extravagant statement; The use of exaggerated terms for the purpose emphasis or heightened effect. E.g You're so low down you need an umbrella to protect yourself from ant piss.

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The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning E.g yeah right

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A figure of speech consisting of an understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by negating its opposite E.g You're not wrong.

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An implied comparison between two unlike things that actually have something important in common. E.g The business world is a jungle

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A figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated; also, the strategy of describing something indirectly by referring to things around it. E.g Crown for royalty

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The use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to E.g Bang!

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A figure of speech in which incongruous or contradictory terms appear side by side E.g Alone together.

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A statement that appears to contradict itself. E.g War is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength.

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A figure of speech in which an inanimate object or abstraction is endowed with human qualities or abilities. The wind stood up and gave a shout, he whistled on his fingers.

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A play on words, something on different senses of the same word and sometimes on the similar sense or sound of different words. E.g Bin bagged (The sun's headline of the death of bin laden)

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A question not expecting an answer E.g Who does Cheryl cole think she is?

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A stated comparison (Usally formed with Like or as) Between two fundamentally dissimilar things that have certain qualities in common. E.g As fat as a pig.

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A figure of speech in which a part is used to represent the whole. E.g ABCs for alphabet

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A series of three parallel words, phrases, or clauses. E.g We came, we saw, we conquered

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A figure of speech in which a writer or a speaker deliberately makes a situation seem less important or serious than it is; Contrasts with hyperbole E.g It's a bit blowy to describe a hurricane.

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This is the coherent and meaningful relationship between visual and written codes.

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This is known to about every user of English

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This demands a higher level of education or knowledge.

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Lexis refers to the words themselves

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This is the meaning of language.

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This is the literal meanings of words

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These are the associations linked with words

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a noun is a name for someone or something. it can be someone or something in particular, or someone or something in general. (dog, manchester, hairbrush) it identifies -a person (women, boy...) -a thing (dog,building...) -an idea,quality or state (truth,danger, birth...)

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a pronoun is a substitute for a noun or a noun phrase. (me, my, you, us, themselves, it, whitch)

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a verb is the action word in a statement. some verbs link the subject to a noun, pronoun, or adjective

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a verb whose function is to assist the main verb in a clause to express basic grammatical contrasts such as person, number and tense. The primary auxiliaries are forms to be, have, do. The modal auxiliaries are such verbs as may might should.

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a word or phrase which gives more information about the head element in a phrase (all the beautiful (pre-modification) creatures (head) in the ocean (post-modification)

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an adjective is a modifier. usually it modifies or makes more exact the meaning of a noun or pronoun (blue small beautiful

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an adverb is a modifier. usually it modifies a verb an adjective or another adverb (quickly, slowly, reluctantly)

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A conjunction is a connector. A coordinate conjunction connects words or groups of words that are grammatically the same. A subordinate conjunction connects a subordinate, or dependent, clause to a main clause (and,but,so)

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a preposition is a connector that introduces a prepositional phrase. it usually connects a noun or noun phrase to the part of the sentence modified by the whole prepositional phrase, and it shows the relation between the two. (of, with, under)

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a word which co-occurs with a noun to show meanings such as number, quantity or identity (the,some,each,twenty)

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a common noun is a noun that refers to people or things in general e,g (boy,country... )

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A proper noun is a name that identifies a particular person, place or thing e.g Steven, Africa... these begin with capital nouns

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a concrete noun is a noun which refers to people and to things that exist physically and can be seen, touched, smelled, heard or tasted E.g dog, building, worcester

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an abstract noun is a noun which refers to ideas, qualiies and conditions - things that cannot be seen or touched and things which have no physical reality e.g truth danger, happiness, time, friendship, humour.

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when an adjective is used before an noun it describes it is called an attributive e.g the 'black' cat.

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when an adjective is used after a verb such as be, become,grow, look or seem. they're called predictive e.g the cat was 'black'

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absolute = sad

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comparative = sadder used to compare two people or things

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superlative = saddest used to compare one person or thing with every other member of their group

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this adjective gives factual information e.g the RED book

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this adjective offers an opinion e.g the exam was DIFFICULT

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a noun phrase consists of a noun, along with all the words which describe it. They can also countain Determiners, pre-modifiers(usually adjectives) nouns and post-modifiers

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e.g The sweet little cat in the corner

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a pronoun is a word used in place of a noun or another pronoun for example instead of ... Lucy went for a walk it would be SHE went for a walk.

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personal pronouns refer to specific persons or things e.g Karen ate pizza SHE was hungry

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these are personal pronouns that have 'self' or 'selves' | e.g Bob finished the homework HImself

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these are pronouns that do not refer to a specific person or thing Someone, anybody and everyine are indefinite pronouns

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demonstrative pronoun is used to single out one or more nouns referred to in the sentence E.g This, that, these and those are demonstrative pronouns THESE lemons are sour

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these are used to ask a question e.g who whom, and which are interrogative pronouns

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