English A2 Flashcards

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Stand-First

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The first paragraph of a newspaper article

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Voyeurs

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Onlookers (e.g. voyeurs may give comments for a newspaper article to make the article more objective by keeping a balanced view point, OR making it subjective by indicating bias and swaying the audience)

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Coordinators

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‘And’, ‘but’, ‘yet’ (act as a bridge between sentences etc.)

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Adverbials

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Words that modify the word, e.g. ‘kindly’

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5
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The Daily Mail (bias)

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Conservatives

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The Guardian

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Lib Dem/Labour (left wing)

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The Sun

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Conservative

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The Daily Mirror

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Labour Party

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The Daily Telegraph

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Conservative

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10
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Epanalepsis

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Repetition of word/phrase at the beginning and end of sentence

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Vignette

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Similar to an anecdote, giving readers a quick overview or insight into the characteristics of something

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Complex sentence

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A sentence containing an independent clause and then at least one dependent clause (e.g. She though it was cold, so she put on a jumper)

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13
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Modal verb

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e.g. “will”; implies certainty and necessity

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14
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Structure of a report (7)

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  • heading
  • who its for/why the report’s needed
  • methodology
  • findings
  • conclusions
  • recommendations
  • signature & date
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15
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Amplificatio

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Elaborating an idea by saying it several times in different ways

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16
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Exemplum

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A short story or reference used to illustrate a point

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‘Summary’ in a speech

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A sentence/short paragraph which draws together the ideas developed in the preceding speech (meant to be memorable and thought provoking)

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Diminutio

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Self-deprecations to win audience sympathy

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Anaphora

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Repetition of a word/phrase at the beginning of successive clauses

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Percontatio

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A question asked in a state of bewilderment allowing no easy reply (e.g. “Yet why does it need a war to bring out our qualities and reassert our pride?”

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Ratiocinatio

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Posing objections and ideas and meeting them (complex way to structure an argument)

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Soliloquy

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Speaking one’s thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers

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Parison

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A parallelism of form in grammatical structure

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Recapitulate / Transitio

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Summarising and stating the main points again of what has been said, and outlines what

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Parenthesis
An interlude put in a sentence that makes grammatical sense without it (e.g. "He answered the phone (after ignoring it for a while) which was positioned on the table)
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High lexical density
Proportion of information carrying words
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Phatic language
Talking only for social purposes, not to convey information
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Value Laden adjectives
Influenced by personal opinion, e.g. "Freedom Fighter"