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English combined
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Affirmator | the word yes |
| Aptronyms | names of characters conveying their qualities |
| Archaic lexis | words no longer in everyday use |
| Clipped lexis | shorted words |
| Collocation | group of words commonly used together |
| Determiner | the, that, those, these |
| Discourse marker | word/phrase organising discourse into segments |
| Emotive marker | words that express emotions |
| Expletive | swear words |
| Foreign lexis | foreign words |
| Hedge | words denoting uncertainty |
| High frequency lexis | words occurring most frequently |
| Honorific | words denoting status |
| Idiolect | individuals style of speech |
| Intensifier | modifier enhancing or giving additional emotional context to a word |
| Lexeme | a word |
| Lexical repetition | repetition of a single word |
| Low frequency lexis | lexis not occurring frequently |
| Monosyllabic lexis | words with one syllable |
| Negator | no, not, neither, nor |
| Neologisms | newly coined word/expression |
| Oath | expression disrespecting/offensive to religion |
| Obsolete lexis | words no longer used |
| Politeness marker | words/phrases creating politeness |
| Polysyllabic lexis | words with more than one syllable |
| Qualifier | word contributing to quality of another word |
| Quantifier | word/expression giving quantity |
| Specialist lexis | lexis associated with a particular field |
| Taboo lexis | words considered inappropriate in certain texts |
| Vocative | words used as a term of address |
| Abstract noun | noun denoting idea, quality or state |
| Abstract noun phrase | abstract noun with one or more pre-modifiers |
| Adjective | word describing a noun |
| Adverb | word describing a verb (ly) |
| Adverbial | group of words describing an action, when or how it took place |
| Comparative adjective | adjectives ending in er that compare |
| Concrete noun | word denoting an object that can be perceived by 5 senses and measured |
| Concrete noun phrase | concrete noun with one or more pre-modifiers |
| Conjunction | connecting word |
| Contraction | Shortened phrases replaced with apostrophe |
| Declarative | sentence that makes a statement |
| Demonstrative pronoun | pronouns this, that, these, those |
| Dynamic verb | that denote actions with clear beginning and end point |
| Elision | words joined together |
| Ellipsis | omission of words in phrase/sentence |
| Elliptical declarative | declarative with some words emitted |
| Exclamative | sentence with an exclamation mark |
| Fronted conjunction | conjunction at the start of a sentence |
| Grammatical repetition | repetition of a phrase |
| Hedged/softened imperative | command sentence with softened phrase/hedge |
| Imperative | sentence that gives command/order |
| Interrogative | sentence that conveys a question |
| Inverted syntax | reversal of traditional sentence patterns |
| Minor sentence | sentence without a verb |
| Modal auxiliary verb | must, should, could |
| Parallel syntax | repetition of a phrase |
| Parenthesis | word/phrase in brackets |
| Parenthetical clause | clause separated from sentence by commas/dashes |
| Parenthetical phrase | phrase separated from sentence by commas/dashes |
| Post-modifier | word describing a noun and is placed after it |
| Pre-modifier | word describing a noun and is placed before it |
| Preposition | words that are used to describe the position of something |
| Pronoun | word used to replace a noun |
| Proper noun | noun gives the name of a person, place or thing (capital letter) |
| Proper noun phrase | proper noun with one or more pre-modifiers |
| Simple sentence | sentence consisting of only one clause |
| Stative verb | verb used to describe state/situation |
| Superlative adjective | adjective denoting highest degree of quality (est) |
| Triadic structure | listing phrases in groups of three |
| Triplication | listing singular words in groups of three |
| Verb phrase | verb with one or more adverbs |
| Present participle | verbs ending in ing |
| Suspense marker | ... |
| Allusion | reference to a person, place, text, play |
| Antithesis | opposite images |
| Connotations | associations of a particular word/image |
| Dysphemism | expression connoting offensive/unpleasant |
| Euphemism | expression connoting pleasant |
| Extended metaphor | metaphor extended through text |
| Hyperbole | exaggeration |
| Idiom | expression whose meaning is not predictable from usual meanings |
| Litotes | deliberate understatement |
| Metaphor | comparison without like or as |
| Metaphysical conceit | metaphor extended through a poem (metaphysical poets) |
| Metonym | word, name, expression used as a substitute for something else closely associated/small aspect of something to represent whole thing |
| Oxymoron | deliberate coupling of contradictory terms |
| Pathetic fallacy | attributing human emotion to nature |
| Personification | attribution of personal nature/human characteristics to something non-human |
| Petrarchan conceit | exaggeration comparison- lover compared to a physical object (Renaissance era) |
| Semantic field | set of words closely linked to one subject/topic area |
| Simile | comparison using like or as |
| Symbol | thing that represents/stands for something else |
| Synaesthesia | type of metaphor blending the senses |
| Vulvic imagery | imagery relating to female genitalia |
| Antithetical adjective | adjectives opposite in meaning |
| Blazon | individual parts of a females body in writing |
| Edenic imagery | imagery relating to garden of Eden |
| Pastoral imagery | imagery relating to natural world |
| Polysemy | word with multiple meanings |
| Pantheistic imagery | imagery relating to God |
| Celestial imagery | images relating to heaven |
| Alliteration | repetition of consonant sounds at beginning |
| Aspirants | sounds created by 'h' and 'gh' |
| Assonance | repetition of vowel sounds |
| Bi-labials | sounds created by 'm' 'w' |
| Consonance | singular sounded words |
| Dentals | sounds created by 't' and 'l' |
| Fricatives | sounds created by 'f' and 'v' |
| Gutterals | sounds created by 'ck' 'k' and 'g' |
| Inter-dentals | sounds created by 'th' |
| Onomatopoeia | sound the word reflects its meaning |
| Plosives | sounds created by 'p' 'b' and 'd' |
| Sibilance | sounds created by 's' and 'c' |
| Nasal | sounds created by 'n' |
| Asyndetic list | list with no conjunctions |
| Caesura | mark of punctuation in poetry |
| refrain | repeated line in poem |
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