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A01 power terms english language AS
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- 1emotive languagelanguage used to gain an intended emotion from the audience.
- 2rule of threea list of three things, put together to create emphasis, for example: big, bold and brilliant.
- 3anecdotea short interesting or funny story about an incident or person in real life.
- 4disguised directivetelling someone to do something without directly telling them to do it.
- 5imperativebossy verb
- 6hyperboleover the top exaggeration.
- 7paradoxopposite of irony.
- 8ironydrawing a tree on a piece of paper.
- 9religious referencereferring to religion
- 10received pronunciationthe standard form of British English pronunciation, based on educated speech in southern England, widely accepted as a standard elsewhere.
- 11para-linguisticsbody language
- 12aporiafigure of speech where you show you are in doubt
- 13balancing statementyou start with one point and end with the opposing. it may not be a good idea but I bet it will be fun.
- 14taboowords you shouldn't say in a certain situation. eg, the elephant in the room you do not address.
- 15divergencemoving your language away from someone else, eg strengthening your accent to appear more different to who you are talking to.
- 16convergencesoftening an accent to appear more friendly and converge with the person you are talking to.
- 17questionsquestions
- 18tag questions'this colour suits me, don't you think?'
- 19overlappingan interruption causes the speakers to talk over one another.
- 20interruptionssomeone else starts talking when the current speaker isn't finished.
- 21emphasisstrengthening your accent of a certain word, 'you WILL do your homework'
- 22status wordswords of a higher nature.
- 23initiation response feedbackfeedback to a question or statement
- 24jargonspecialist lexis, a doctor using words such as stethoscope.
- 25specialist lexisword topic
- 26instrumental powerInstrumental power is explicit power of the sort imposed by the state, eg the police
- 27pronounsword that makes a noun better
- 28pathosa quality that evokes pitty or sadness.
- 29logosthe word of god
- 30ethosthe characteristic spirit of a culture, era, or community as manifested in its attitudes and aspirations.
- 31parallelismthe state of being parallel or of corresponding in some way.
- 32boosterswords that boost the conversation, eg anyway
- 33metaphora figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
- 34accenthow you pronounce your words geographically depedning
- 35mitigationthe action of reducing the severity, seriousness, or painfulness of something.
- 36complex sentencesa sentence containing a subordinate clause or clauses.
- 37passive resistancenon-violent opposition to authority, especially a refusal to cooperate with legal requirements.
- 38volume and pitchhow high or loud you make your voice.
- 39rhetoriceffective or persuasive speaking or writing.
- 40rhetorical questiona question youre not expected to answer.
- 41setting the agendadeciding and stating what you're going to talk about.
- 42holding the termkeeping the subject topic.
- 43colloquialismsA colloquialism is a word, phrase or other form used in informal language.
- 44registerthe formality or tone of the writing or speech
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