devices Flashcards
Abstract noun
a naming word for an idea, concept, state of being or belief. Eg love, marxism
stative verb
a word which represents a process which is only mental . Eg, thinking, worrying
Auxilliary verb
a verb which has to be used with another verb in order to create present participles or the future tense. Eg “DID you go?” “I AM going” “you WILL go”
Modal verb
an auxiliary verb that expresses a degree of possibility or necessity. Eg, might, could, should, may
Superlative
An adjective that dispalys the most extreme value of it’s quality. Eg smallest, tallest, biggest
demonstrative pronoun
this, that, those
monosyllabic lexis
words of one syllable
Imperative sentence
when a sentence issues a command
declarative sentence
when a sentence is making a sentence
interrogative sentence
when a sentence is asking a question
Exclamatory sentence
when a sentence conveys a strong sense of emotion, sense of alarm or overly strong emphasis
Parenthesis
an aside within a text created by sectioning off information with the use of commas, dashes and brackets.
hypophora
when a rhetorical question is followed by an answer
hyperbole
deliberate over-exaggeration of things for effect
Litotes
deliberate down-playing of things for effect
parallelism
the creating of patterns in text, through the repetition of words and phrases (phonological parallelism) or by balancing meanings (semantic parallelism) for effect.
pre-modification
a descriptive technique where the descriptive word comes before the thing they are describing
field specific lexis
the language of a certain area (vocation, activity, subject)
lexical bundle
a recurrent sequence of words or a collection of words that through repetition of use, just naturally go together Eg ‘would you mind?’, ‘I don’t want to’
homonym
when one word has multiple meanings
Archaism
a word that has fallen out of use over time
antithesis
when ideas contrast or oppose each other
phonological features
any device used to relate to sound
orthography
the method of spelling, non-standard orthography is when words are spelt wrong or differently because the text is from the past