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English Language and Literature terminology
Fichas del conjunto (62)
- 1Adjacency pairsLinked responses.
E.g. How are you?
Fine thanks. Are you ready?
Not quite.
Ok.
See you later. - 2Asyndetic listNo Conjunction like 'and' or 'but'.
E.g. she was tall, strong, clever, determined. - 3Syndetic listHas conjunction like 'and'.
E.g. He had potatoes, carrots and peas. - 4Reported speechWhen a speaker's words are referred to but not quoted verbatim.
E.g. she said she was fed up with his attitude. - 5MicropauseA very short pause in a spoken text often indicated in transcripts by a (.).
E.g. I suppose.I might try and behave.if I can. - 6Phatic speechFriendly often meaningless chit-chat to make contact go smoothly.
E.g. nice day today. - 7RegisterLanguage which fits a context.
E.g. formal, informal, colloquial etc.
I would like to apply for the position advertised on your website.
How about a few drinks tonight, down the pub? - 8RepairA self correction in spontaneous speech.
E.g. 'I don't like... I'm not sure I'm very fond of English'. - 9RhetoricThe technique of using language to persuade people.
E.g. political speeches: 'I believe in hope! I believe in the people! I believe in America!' (This is called the rule of three and is a very common rhetorical device). - 10Rhetorical questionsQuestions asked with no intention that anyone should answer them.
E.g. Hamlet: ‘What should such fellows as I do crawling between earth and heaven?’ - 11First personFirst person: ‘I’.
e.g. I was born in a little town in Sussex. - 12Second personSecond person: ‘you’.
E.g. You should have done that, shouldn’t you? - 13Third personThird person: he/she/it.
E.g. She did not believe what she saw. - 14Semantic fieldGroup of words relating to the same topic. E.g. medicine, the law, education, films etc
E.g. She collected the bandages from the paramedic in the ambulance, laid him on the stretcher and listened to his heart with a stethoscope . - 15SibilanceSpecial case of alliteration, it means repeated use of the letter or sound ‘s’.
E.g. ‘the hissing of summer lawns’. - 16SoliloquyA speech delivered by a character on stage who is alone.
E.g. famously in Hamlet: ‘To be or not to be…’ - 17SynonymA word which means the same as another word.
E.g. ‘begin’ and ‘commence’. Sometimes words are synonyms but have different connotations:
E.g.’ consider ‘smile’ and ‘grin’. - 18TextText is used to mean any piece of written or spoken communication.
E.g. a novel, a speech, a bit of a play, a transcript of a phone call etc. - 19AccentA set of distinctive pronunciations that mark regional or social identity.
- 20Active voiceA grammatical structure in which the subject is the actor of the sentence.
E.g. the dog eats the bone. - 21AdjectiveA word that modifies a noun or pronoun.
- 22AdverbA word that modifies verbs, adverbs, adjectives, conjunctions and prepositions.
- 23AlliterationThe repetition of the same sound in the initial position in a sequence of words.
- 24AllusionTo refer to something indirectly or metaphorically.
- 25ArchaismsA word or phrase no longer in current use.
- 26AspirantsSounds that denote audible breath e.g. h.
- 27AssonanceA repetition of the same or similar vowel sounds.
- 28Auxiliary / Modal verbsA verb that precedes another verb e.g. I can go.
- 29BilabialsTerm used to denote sounds made with both lips e.g. m, b.
- 30CaesurasA mid-line pause.
- 31NounA naming word.
- 32Collective nounA name that refers to a group of people, animals or things.
- 33Proper nounsA name of a distinctive person, place or other unique reference.
- 34Common/concrete nounThey refer to things that exist physically - things in which we can see and feel (everyday items).
E.g. table, foot, cottage etc. - 35Abstract nounA name to describe things that have no physical qualities.
- 36Compound adjectiveAn adjective made up of two words joined by a hyphen.
- 37ConceitA deliberately elaborate metaphor.
- 38ContextThings outside the text which may shape its meaning.
E.g. when it was written, and who wrote it. - 39Co-ordinating conjunctionA word that joins elements of equal rank (and, or, but).
- 40Declarative moodA mood used to express a statement.
- 41Definite article'The'.
- 42DeicticTerms used to denote words that rely on the context to be understood.
E.g. pass me that, there. - 43DialogueLanguage interaction with two or more participants.
- 44DiscourseThe study of spoken language.
- 45Double negativeA structure in which more than one negative is used.
- 46Dynamic verbsA verb that expresses an action rather than a state.
- 47End-focusA change in the structure of the sentence to place emphasis on a closing sentence element.
- 48EuphemismA word that replaces a term seen by society as taboo or unpleasant.
- 49Exclamatory moodA mood that expresses strong emotions.
- 50ForegroundingA change in the structure of the sentence to place emphasis on an opening sentence element.
- 51FormThe structure and shape of the text.
- 52FricativesSounds where air escapes through a small passage e.g. f, v.
- 53HyperboleExaggeration used to heighten feeling and intensity.
- 54ImageryA descriptive or metaphorical use of language to create a vivid picture.
- 55Imperative moodA mood that expresses a command.
- 56Indefinite article'A'.
- 57Independent main clauseThe group of words which carries the core meaning of the sentence.
- 58Interrogative moodA mood expressing a question.
- 59IntonationThe quality or tone of the voice in speech.
- 60JuxtapositionTo place two or more things side by side.
- 61Lexical setA group of words joined by similarities.
- 62LitotesA deliberate understatement.
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