language feauture terms

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English Flashcards on language feauture terms, created by Mckenzie Anderson on 08/09/2013.
Mckenzie Anderson
Flashcards by Mckenzie Anderson, updated more than 1 year ago
Mckenzie Anderson
Created by Mckenzie Anderson about 11 years ago
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Alliteration Repitition of consonant or first vowel sounds e.g. fine and fancy feet
Assonance repition of the same vowel sound e.g. how about a round pound
Bibliography A list of books or other resources on a particular subject.
Cliche an overused expression
Colloquial everyday informal, conversational language.
Connotation the emotional suggestions created by words.
Euphemism saying something unpleasant in a nice way e.g. died=passed away.
Form How something is written.
Hyperbole extreme exaggeration.
imagery descriptions that appeal to our senses.
imperative a command or order.
irony when the opposite of what is meant or expected occurs.
Jargon language special to one group of people that may be hard for others to understand.
Methaphor comparing two unlike things, saying that one is the other.
Mood the feeling created by the piece of writing
Neoglogism a new word e.g somg ( smoke ad fog)
Personitfication giving an object or animal human qualities.
plot the story
point of veiw where the writer stands in relation to the characters e.g. 1st person, 2nd person, 3rd person
pun a play on words and creates humour
rhetorical question a question asked that does not expect a respond/answer
rhyme wheres words are deliberately placed together and have the same sound.
simile comparing to unlike things saying using like or as.
slang language regarded as below the acceptable standard speech
stanza a unit of lines in a poem
symbol something which is itself yet suggests something else
theme mojor ideas or suggestions
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