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AN#EN#2011#2#DefEg
English Exam Definitions Examples 2011
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Emotive Language | E.g. like, happy, sad, joyfully |
| Formal Language | E.g. leading international business interests |
| Colloquial Language | E.g. gonna, ain’t, dunno |
| Sensationalism | E.g. Aspirin will kill you |
| Generalisation | E.g. All girls like dolls |
| Euphemism | E.g. kick the bucket (death) |
| Tautology | E.g. In my opinion, I think that… |
| Rhetorical Question | E.g. How am I supposed to live without you? |
| Inclusive Language | E.g. fair play (sportsmanship), chairperson (chairman) |
| Objective Language | E.g. scientific facts: Australia has 22 million people |
| Subjective Language | E.g. Opinions: carrots are disgusting |
| Assonance | E.g. The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plains |
| Alliteration | E.g. The parched pavement peeled in the summer sun |
| Onomatopoeia | E.g. wacked |
| Personification | E.g. The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky |
| Simile | E.g. as hot as a volcano, like a pack or wild animals |
| Metaphor | E.g. the school students were a pack of wild animals |
| Figurative Language | E.g. The kookaburra laughed at our antics on the lawn |
| Symbolism | E.g. The red rose on Valentine’s Day |
| Pun | E.g. “get a hole lot more out of life” for a lifesaver’s commercial |
| Noun | E.g. house, Andrew, flock |
| Abstract Noun | E.g. love, hatred, bravery |
| Adjective | E.g. six eggs, New South Wales schools |
| Adverb | E.g. quickly, consequently |
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