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38 Cards in this Set
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Verb |
A word that represents an action or process, or simply a 'doing' word. |
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Adjective |
A describing word that modifies a noun. |
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Noun |
A naming or stating word for a person, object, or titled entity. |
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Adverb |
A describing word that modifies and adds to verbs. |
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Adjective |
A describing word that modifies a noun. |
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Superlative |
An adjective that displays the most extreme of it's quantity. (-est) |
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Comparative |
An adjective that relates one thing in some way to another. (-er) |
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Register |
The level of formality of a text. |
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Tenor |
The tenor, or the relationship between author and reader and how it was created. |
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Syntax |
The way words form sentences. |
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Parenthesis |
An aside within the text created by sectioning off extra information in between brackets, dashes or commas. |
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Hypothora |
When a rhetorical question is followed immediately by an answer. |
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Hyperbole |
Deliberate over-exaggeration for effect. |
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Litotes |
Deliberate downplaying for effect. |
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Tricolon/Triplets |
Groups in threes, either through repetition or structures. This can be used to create momentum or emphasis. |
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Imagery |
Used to create images in an analytic form of words. |
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Allusion |
To refer to something indirectly or metaphorically. |
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Pathetic Fallacy |
When the environment or weather mimics emotions. |
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Homeric/Epic Simile |
A simile that extends throughout the entire piece. |
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Symbolism |
Using references, metaphors,items or incentive in a representative way. |
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Lexis |
Another word for the word 'word'. |
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Lexical Field |
A selection of words that are associated with eachother, AKA a ____ field of verbs. |
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Homonym |
When one word has multiple meanings. |
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Archaism |
When the language used is outdated or historic. |
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Juxtaposition |
The placing together of elements for some conscious effect (contrasting or similar). |
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Antithesis |
When ideas oppose or contrast one another. |
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Oxymoron |
The use of contradictory words in a phrase put together intentionally for effect. |
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Binary Opposites |
Elements of a text that hold opposite ends of a notational scale, such as loud/quiet. |
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Collocations |
Words that, through usage, naturally go together and we understand that they are linked, such as 'Fish and Chips'. |
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Onomatopoeia |
When a word is spelt exactly the same as the sound it describes, for example, 'boom'. |
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Phonological Features |
Any devices, word or phrases used to relate to sound. |
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Mimesis |
A part of a story, such as someone using small, sharp sentences to mimic aspirant alliteration. |
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Rhetoric |
An example of persuasive language used in advertising. |
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Enjambment |
The continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza. |
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Caesura |
A mid-line pause. |
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Octet |
An eight-line verse. |
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Quatrain |
A four-line verse. |
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Sestet |
A six-line verse. |