devices

Question 1

Abstract noun

Answer 1

a naming word for an idea, concept, state of being or belief. Eg love, marxism

Question 2

stative verb

Answer 2

a word which represents a process which is only mental . Eg, thinking, worrying

Question 3

Auxilliary verb

Answer 3

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”

Question 4

Modal verb

Answer 4

an auxiliary verb that expresses a degree of possibility or necessity. Eg, might, could, should, may

Question 5

Superlative

Answer 5

An adjective that dispalys the most extreme value of it’s quality. Eg smallest, tallest, biggest

Question 6

demonstrative pronoun

Answer 6

this, that, those

Question 7

monosyllabic lexis

Answer 7

words of one syllable

Question 8

Imperative sentence

Answer 8

when a sentence issues a command

Question 9

declarative sentence

Answer 9

when a sentence is making a sentence

Question 10

interrogative sentence

Answer 10

when a sentence is asking a question

Question 11

Exclamatory sentence

Answer 11

when a sentence conveys a strong sense of emotion, sense of alarm or overly strong emphasis

Question 12

Parenthesis

Answer 12

an aside within a text created by sectioning off information with the use of commas, dashes and brackets.

Question 13

hypophora

Answer 13

when a rhetorical question is followed by an answer

Question 14

hyperbole

Answer 14

deliberate over-exaggeration of things for effect

Question 15

Litotes

Answer 15

deliberate down-playing of things for effect

Question 16

parallelism

Answer 16

the creating of patterns in text, through the repetition of words and phrases (phonological parallelism) or by balancing meanings (semantic parallelism) for effect.

Question 17

pre-modification

Answer 17

a descriptive technique where the descriptive word comes before the thing they are describing

Question 18

field specific lexis

Answer 18

the language of a certain area (vocation, activity, subject)

Question 19

lexical bundle

Answer 19

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’

Question 20

homonym

Answer 20

when one word has multiple meanings

Question 21

Archaism

Answer 21

a word that has fallen out of use over time

Question 22

antithesis

Answer 22

when ideas contrast or oppose each other

Question 23

phonological features

Answer 23

any device used to relate to sound

Question 24

orthography

Answer 24

the method of spelling, non-standard orthography is when words are spelt wrong or differently because the text is from the past

Question 25

Non-standard capitalisation

Answer 25

when words are capitalised in the middle of sentences, common in archaic texts.

Question 26

Anachronistic language

Answer 26

language that seems ‘out of time’

Question 27

paralinguistic features

Answer 27

things that aid communication but don’t constitute as language. E.g facial expressions, body language

Question 28

prosodic features

Answer 28

the sound effects of spoken language

Question 29

intonation

Answer 29

the rise and fall of the speakers natural speaking voice

Question 30

adjacency pair

Answer 30

a moment in turn taking where one utterance constrains the response in some way. e.g question and answer

Question 31

back channelling

Answer 31

the process of giving feedback through encouraging and positive noises as someone is speaking