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register
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the level of formality
2
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figurative language?
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devices focusing on imagery and making analogies between objects and concepts.
3
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jargon
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subject specific lexis
4
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slang
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informal,colloquial language
5
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semantic field
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groups of lexis which have a unified theme
6
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hyperbole
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exggeration
7
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colloquial
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everyday language
8
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taboo language
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socially unacceptable language
9
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satire
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irony and text that focuses on ridiculing human follies and vices
10
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connotations
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what lexis can mean and symbolises
11
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voiced pause
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pauses like uhhh, um, err
12
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assonance
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repetition of vowel sounds
13
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tone of voice
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the conveyed emotion of voice in a spoken text
14
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prosodics
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sound effects in a spoken text e.g laughter,sigh.
15
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imperative
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a command
