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the level of formality
figurative language?
devices focusing on imagery and making analogies between objects and concepts.
jargon
subject specific lexis
slang
informal,colloquial language
semantic field
groups of lexis which have a unified theme
hyperbole
exggeration
colloquial
everyday language
taboo language
socially unacceptable language
satire
irony and text that focuses on ridiculing human follies and vices
connotations
what lexis can mean and symbolises
voiced pause
pauses like uhhh, um, err
assonance
repetition of vowel sounds
tone of voice
the conveyed emotion of voice in a spoken text
prosodics
sound effects in a spoken text e.g laughter,sigh.
imperative
a command
suffix
the closing syllable of a word
morpheme
individual elements of a word
declarative
a statement
