English Flashcards
Name some language techniques that could be identified?
Imagery
Alliteration
Metaphors
Refrain
Hyperbole
Irony
Epithet
Common noun - something that is tangible
Abstract noun - a name for an idea or concept
Proper noun - often names or places
Active verbs
Stative verbs - a process that is only mental e.g. Love ponder believe
Auxiliary verbs - a verb that has to be used with another verb did you go I am going you must go
Modal verbs - might could must - a degree of possibility
Superlative - shows the most extreme value e.g. Biggest smallest worst furthest
Comparative - usually end in ‘er’ e.g. Further zanier
Definite article - the
Indefinite article - a or an
Self reflexive pronoun - me
Pronoun - you she Him her
Possessive pronoun - my mine (could be 1st 2nd or 3rd person)
Monosyllabic
Polysyllabic
Tenor - tone
Colloquialism
Syntax - the way that words are ordered in a sentence
Parenthesis - sectioning off parts of sentences for effect
Tricolon/triples
Lexis - another word for word
Archaism - old words no longer used e.g. thus, betwixt
Antithesis - ideas oppose one another in a text
Antagonist - a person who opposes the goals of the protagonist
Compound word -two words put together with a hyphen
Euphemism
Orthography - misspelling words from the past
Archaism - a word the has fallen out of common use
Regional dialect
Elision - the omission of a vowel sound
Poetry ;
End focus
Volta
Good words for analysing
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