Extra From Website

Question 1

Litotes

Answer 1

Use of understatement for rhetorical effect - double negative for emphasis (He’s not intelligent, it’s not bad,)

Question 2

Aphorism

Answer 2

A concise statement that is made in a matter of fact - underlying tone of authority (If you don’t work you will get bad grades)

Question 3

Archetypes

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An original idea that is now not original - stereotypes used as examples. The audience will immediately relate to it (Romeo and Juliet a symbol of eternal love)

Question 4

Anagram

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Same letters jumbled - sense of discomfort and order (debit card - bad credit)

Question 5

Anastrophe

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Reversed order of the noun and adjectives (he spoke of times past and future) - dramatic impact to dwell on the words

Question 6

Allegory

Answer 6

A story that has a deeper meaning (Animal farm actually being about communism)

Question 7

Asyndeton

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Purposefully leaving out a joining word (reduce, reuse, recycle)

Question 8

Stream of consciousness

Answer 8

Thoughts on paper without any sense of logic/order

Question 9

Meter

Answer 9

Creates rhythm and enhances the flow of poem (iambic pentameter)

Question 10

Paradox

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Draws attention to a certain truth, self contradictory

Question 11

Couplet

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Emphasises two lines, enables the poem to develop a theme or mood more clearly

Question 12

Lexis

Answer 12

The vocabulary of a language, as distinct from its grammar, the total rock of words and idiomatic combinations in a language

Question 13

Semantics

Answer 13

Branch of linguistics and logic concerned with meaning. Two areas are logical semantics, concerned with matters such as sense, reference, presupposition, and implication. Lexical semantics are concerned with e analysis of word meanings and relations between them

Question 14

Phonology

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The system of contrastive relationships among the speech sounds that constitute the fundamental components of a language