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| Figurative Language | Any language that creates images; metaphors, symbolism, similes, personification, pathetic fallacy.
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| Word classes | Different types of words; nouns, verbs, adjectives, ect.
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| Connotations | Underlying meanings of words.
Its what a single word/phrase is able to infer e.g. snake=evil,danger.
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| Semantic fields | A set of words, grouped by meaning referring to a specific subject.
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| Repetition | Whereby some words/phrases are repeated
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| Accent | The characteristic pronunciation features and speech rhythms of a speaker usually related to regional or social influences.
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| Dialect | A variety of a particular language characterised by distinctive features of accent, grammar and vocabulary. Used by people from a particular geographical or social group.
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| Syntax | The way words are combines to create sentences.
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| Punctuation | Devises such as commas, fullstops, colons, which help make sense of writing.
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| Point of view | A judgement, opinion, style of writing taken by someone.
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| Elipsis | The omission of a part of a sentence.
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| Pronoun | Instead of using names e.g. he, it.
Many different types; possessive, reflexive.
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| Discourse markers | Words/phrases that give structure to speech or writing, enabling a writer or speaker to develop ideas, relate one point to another or move from one idea to the next.
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| Simple sentences | Contains subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought.
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| Compound sentences | Two independent clauses joined together by a conjunction or punctuation.
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| Complex sentences | Consists of an independent clause and a dependent clause. The sentence will only have 1 independent clause but maybe more then 1 dependent clause.
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| Adjective | Describes a noun
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| Verb | Action or being word.
Past, present, future, continuous, dynamic, static.
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| Chaining | The linking of adjacency pairs to build up a conversation.
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| Elision | The running together of two words or the omission of parts of words
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| Hedge | Words such as maybe or perhaps used to soften the impact of whats said.
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