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English
Terminology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Parallelism | Repeat and say the same things again and again. Any kind of patterning in language e.g. I think we...I think |
| Direct Address | use of 'you' or even 'reader' i.e. directly addressing the reader |
| Technical Lexis | Any kind of specialist vocabulary e.g. Medical, Scientific |
| Negatives | Opposed to the affirmative or positive - note also multiple negatives (often used in dialect ' I haven't done nothing' |
| Direct Quotations | The direct speech of an individual (gives text variety and increases sense of realism) |
| Syntax | Order of words - Grammatical Structure |
| Terms of Address | How someone is referred to - can often denote politeness and also status |
| Direct Speech | Quoting someones actual words |
| Positive/Negative Lexis | Vocabulary the signifies negative or positive signals |
| Emotive Lexis | Any vocabulary which reveals strong feelings - often used to provide sympathy |
| Contrast | A comparison showing differences |
| Cultural References | Any specific reference to a distinct social group/people |
| Foreign Lexis/Borrowed Words | Words from other languages |
| Narrative response | Don't just repeat the context of the text but analyse how the writer has used language |
| Symbollism | A word or phrase which represents something e.g. red symbolizes danger |
| Expressive utterances | Show feelings and emotions |
| Proper Noun | Names of people, place or organisations |
| Concrete Noun | Names of tangible things |
| Abstract Nouns | Concepts and ideas e.g. love, hate |
| Collective Noun | A group e.g. team, family |
| Conjunction | Connective Words |
| Prepositions | Space, time, Directions |
| Auxiliary Verbs | to, be, have |
| Declarative | a statements often expressing a strong opinion |
| Interrogative | A question sentence |
| Imperative | Verbs of command |
| Intensifier | An adverb used to intensify another word e.g. amazingly |
| Comparative | Comparing one thing/person with another |
| Superlative | the most or least of anything |
| Conditional | if or when, one thing is dependent upon another |
| Exclamatory | Sentence ending in an exclamation mark |
| Connotation | Associations of a word |
| Archaism | Words used in the past,no loner used in modern English |
| Hypernym | Term generalizing nouns e.g. Fruit |
| Hyponym | Specific things |
| Antonym | Words with Opposite meanings |
| Collocation | where two words go together and mix |
| Cohesion | where two parts of a text match. Gives the text unity/structure |
| Determiner | Gives information about the noun e.g Quantity |
| Adverb | Describe verbs e.g end in -ly |
| Adverbial | when, how and where |
| Allusion | where the writer makes a reference to something outside the text e.g. historical play |
| Elision | Abbreviation - can't, don't |
| Antithesis | Direct Opposite |
| Hyperbole | Exageration |
| Epithany | Moment of self-realisation |
| Modal Verbs | Verbs of possibility |
| Primary Auxiliary Verbs | to, be, have- can also be main verbs |
| Active voice | the subject in the sentence is focused on |
| Passive Voice | the object in the sentence is focused on |
| Pronoun | Takes the place of nouns e.g you, we |
| Personal pronoun | Replaces the subject of a sentence e.g.I, you, he (singular) we, you,they (plural) |
| Possessive Pronoun | used before a noun to show possession |
| Reflexive Pronoun | Something including self |
| Demonstrative Pronoun | these/that/this |
| Indefinite Pronoun | indefinite words e.g. Anything |
| Relative Pronoun | who/which |
| Coordinating Conjunction | joining two simple sentences together |
| Preposition | over, under, in |
| Fronted Conjunction | Conjunction at the beginning of a sentence |
| Fronted Adverbial | Adverbials used at the beginning of a setence |
| Definite/Indefinite Article | Definite- the/ Indefinite - a |
| Phrases | Any group of words built around a head word |
| Head Word | the main noun in a phrase |
| Pre/Post Modifier | words that describe the head word in a sentence (come either before or after) |
| Noun Phrases | any group of words built around a noun |
| Verb Phrases | Words built around a main verb |
| Minor Sentence | A sentence without a verb |
Created by:
matthew.gulley
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