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- 1AcronymsWords created from the initial letters of words they represent
- 2allographsA variant of type e.g. B b
- 3AmelliorationsWords meaning changing in an upward manner
- 4AnacoluthonA speech construction that fails to finish/goes wrong
- 5AnaphoricReferencing BACK
- 6CataphoricReferencing forward
- 7CollocationsWords you expect to be linked
- 8deixiswords that locate precisely what is being talked about
- 9discollocationopp. of collocation e.g. not what you'd expect to go together
- 10dysphemis,harsh and to the point way of saying something
- 11ellisionmissing out parts of words in a speech/writing
- 12ellipsisthe missing out of a word in a sentence
- 13euphemisma nicer way of saying something e.g. powder room instead of toilet
- 14jargonlexis that is specialised to the specific subject of the text
- 15malapropismthe misuse of words that sound similar
- 16neologismsnew words: iPod, twerking, selfie etc.
- 17parataxisa list where nounds or clauses are linked without conjunctions
- 18parrallelismthe use of similar structures within a sentence.
"Your friends hate you, your parents hate you and even Jesus would have a hard time liking you." - 19RegisterThe formality of the text as appropriate for the context of it.
- 20Semantic fieldLexical items that relate to a specific theme or topic.
- 21TautologyUnnecessary repetition.
e.g. I myself did it
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