Language Flashcards
What is tone?
The feeling created by the tex
What does tone do?
Create a mood, shows attitude of the writer
How can you identify tone?
By looking at language
By looking at punctuation
What is style?
How the text is written
What does style include?
Language choices, sentence forms, structure
What is register?
The specific language used to match the social situation
What do words and phrases achieve?
Different effects
What are connotations?
When a word has a different meaning than the one implied.
What are semantic fields?
Words used for effect
What is cumulative effect?
How words work together to create tone or affect the reader
What is figurative language?
Words and phrases used in a non literal way
Types of figurative language?
Metaphors, similes, personification, analogies
What does alliteration do?
Grabs the readers attention
What do onomatopoeias do
Makes sentences more powerful, appeals to sense of hearing.
What is irony?
When the literal meaning is the opposite of what is meant
How can you tell irony?
By context
What is irony used for?
To express viewpoint, o make things humorous or light hearted.
Types of irony?
Dramatic, situational, verbal.
What is sarcasm?
Language that is mocking or scornful.
What is sarcasm used for?
To insult or make fun of someone.
What can sarcasm show?
That the writer is upset or angry.
What is satire?
Words used to make fun of a particular person or thing.
What does rhetoric do?
Makes language more persuasive.
What is bias?
Writing that doesn’t give a balanced view
What does bias involve
Not mentioning something that opposes their argument
Exaggerating something that supports their argument.
What are possessive determiners
My, your, our
What do possessive determiners do
Create familiarity between reader and writer
What can verbs be used for
Changing emotion depending on the word chosen
What are intensifiers
Makes writing more emotive and powerful
Where are intensifiers used
Alongside adjectives to make writing more emphasised
What is an analogy
Compares one idea to another, to make it easier to understand.
What are analogies used for?
To be powerful and memorable, to shockthe reader
What is dramatic irony
When the audience knows key info that the character doesn’t know
What is situational irony
When the actual result is different from the expected result
What is verbal irony
When the speakers intention is opposite to what they said
What else can irony be used for
To invert expectations, to create unexpected twists.
Types of rhetorical?
Questions, lists of three, hyperbole, antithesis, parenthesis
WhT are rhetorical questions used for
To make the reader engage with text, makes reader realise answers themselves, makes reader feel like they’re coming up with the answers on their own instead of being influenced.
What are lists of three used for
Emphasises the point they’re making
What is a hyperbole
Intentional exaggeration
What is hyperbole used for
Used to powerfully make a point.
What is an antithesis
Opposing words thrown together to show contrast.
What is Parenthesis
When an extra clause or phrase is added to an already complete sentence
What is parenthesis used for
To add extra intro or to address the reader
Different types of text?
Expository, persuasive, narrative, descriptive
What is expository writing?
Used to explain something. Full of facts/figures. In logical order or sequence
What types of writing use expository language.
Textbooks, news articles, business articles
What is descriptive writing?
Describes characters, events, places or situations. Author visualises what they see, hear, smell, feel and taste
What writing is descriptive language used
Poetry, fiction
What is persuasive writing?
Used to convince. Contains opinions and biases, justifications and reasons. Author asks you to agree or to do something.
When is persuasive writing used
Opinion articles, advertisements, reviews, recommendations, complaints
What is narrative writing?
Main purpose is to tell a story. Has characters and dialogues. Has beginnings, middles and ends.
When is narrative writing used
Novels, novellas, short stories, poetry, auto biography’s, biographies
What are nouns
Naming words. Refer to people, places, things and ideas
What are pronouns
A word that replaces a noun.
What are possessive pronouns
Pronouns that show ownership eg his/hers
What are verbs
Action (doing) words
What are adjectives
Describes nouns or pronouns
What are adverbs
Give extra info about a verb
What is assonance
The resemblance of sounds of syllables of nearby words
The rhyming of two or more stressed vowels as in: gO, mOW, enginEER, stEER.
What is consonance
The repetition of consonants.
What are puns
Exploits words with multiple or ambiguous meanings.
Words that sound or are spelt the same but have different meanings or words that mean the same but look different.
What is allegory
Can be used in story, picture or poem
A type of extended metaphor that uses character, place or event to represent real world events.
Often said to have hidden or underlining meanings
What is a parable
A short, concise story that is based on everyday life occurrences which attempts to convey a more abstract moral or spiritual lesson
Fable
Similar to parable but uses animals, planets or inanimate objects
