Vocabulary

Question 1

Accent

Answer 1

A distinctive manner of pronunciation that marks a regional or social identity

Question 2

Adjacency pairs

Answer 2

Structure of spoken language

Adjacency pairs follow each other

Different speakers, conform to a pattern

Eg questions and answer
Command and responses
Greeting and responses

Are you well?
Very well thank you!

Question 3

Adjective

Answer 3

A word that describes a noun

Also known as modifiers

Question 4

Adverb

Answer 4

Action of a word

Also intensifiers like very angry

Question 5

Allegory

Answer 5

A story or narrative with deeper meaning

Question 6

Alliteration

Answer 6

Repetition of same Constance sound

Question 7

Allusion

Answer 7

A reference to another event person place or work of literature

Usually implied not explicit

Brings another meaning to text

Question 8

Ambiguity

Answer 8

Use of language where the meaning is unclear or has 2 or more possible interpretations

Often used deliberately to create layers of meaning

Question 9

Ambivalence

Answer 9

Situation where more than one possible attitude is being displayed by the writer towards a character theme or idea etc

Question 10

Anachronism

Answer 10

Something historically inaccurate

Question 11

Anapest

Answer 11

Unit of Poetry metre

2 stressed followed by stress

Question 12

Anaphoric

Answer 12

Reference in which a pronoun or noun points back to something mentioned earlier

The part was great, IT was enjoyed by everyone

Question 13

Antithesis

Answer 13

Constrasting words against each other

To be or not to be

Question 14

Antonym

Answer 14

Words w opp meaning

Dark light

Question 15

Archaism

Answer 15

Old language

Question 16

Assonance

Answer 16

Repetition of same verb sound

Question 17

Attitude

Answer 17

A particular view point of someone

Question 18

Audience

Answer 18

People addressed

Question 19

Ballad

Answer 19

Narrative poem

Straight forward

Question 20

Bias

Answer 20

Favouring a point of view

Question 21

Blank verse

Answer 21

Unrhymed poetry strict pattern to each line in iambic pentameter

Question 22

Caesura

Answer 22

Break in line of Poetry

Question 23

Caricature

Answer 23

A character described through exaggeration of features that he or she possesses

Question 24

Catharasis

Answer 24

Purging of emotions that take place at end of tragedy

Question 25

Chaining

Answer 25

The linking of agecancy pairs to form a sentence

Question 26

Clause

Answer 26

A group of words usually with a finite verb which is structurally larger then a phrase They are made up of elements - have peculiar meaning 5 types of clauses Subject Verb Object Complement- further info on another clause element Adverbial- adds info about situation like time In order Eg The teacher had told us to listen 3 times

Question 27

Cliche

Answer 27

An idea so overused it lost meaning and impact

Question 28

Cohesion

Answer 28

Links and connections that unite elements of discourse or text

Question 29

Coinage

Answer 29

The collection or addition of new words to existing word stock

Question 30

Collocation

Answer 30

2 or more words that frequently appear together Safe and sound

Question 31

Colloquial

Answer 31

Every day not formal speech

Question 32

Comedy

Answer 32

Happy ending literature

Question 33

Command

Answer 33

Sentence where someone is told to do something

Question 34

Compound

Answer 34

A word made up of 2 or more morphemes Baby-sitter

Question 35

Conceit

Answer 35

Surprising comparison between things Eg his liver wth the the legs of cockroaches

Question 36

Conjunction

Answer 36

Co ordinating - and or but so Subordinate - if while where as

Question 37

Connotation

Answer 37

Definitions

Question 38

Contextual framework

Answer 38

Application of a particular social-historical standpoint used to analysis a text

Question 39

Contraction

Answer 39

Shortened word Isn’t Doesn’t

Question 40

Convergence

Answer 40

Linguistic change Accent or dialect becomes more alike

Question 41

Conversational analysis

Answer 41

Key feature of informal spoken interaction

Question 42

Couplet

Answer 42

2 executive lines that rhyme

Question 43

Verbs

Answer 43

Active - subject doing verb Passive- verb happening to subject

Question 44

Declarative

Answer 44

Statement I am a hard working student

Question 45

Degree

Answer 45

Comparison of adjectives or adverbs Absolute form - tall Comparative form - taller Superlative form - tallest

Question 46

Didactic

Answer 46

Preach Teach

Question 47

Euphemism

Answer 47

Eg pass away