language description

Question 1

writing about semantics

Answer 1

-humour/satire
-shaved/implicit understanding > solidarity
-transfer qualities to create vivid description
-compare/connect
-provide/ create imagery

Question 2

semantic patterning figurative language:

Answer 2

language that is not literal in meaning

Question 3

irony

Answer 3

a meaning is conveyed that is opposite from the literal meaning

Question 4

simile

Answer 4

describing something as ‘like’ or ‘as’ something else

Question 5

metaphor

Answer 5

describing something as being something else

Question 6

personification

Answer 6

a metaphor that gives inanimate objects human qualities

Question 7

oxymoron

Answer 7

two ‘opposites’ that appear together

Question 8

pun

Answer 8

a play on words

Question 9

idiom

Answer 9

a culturally specific phrase where the individual words do not have the same meaning

Question 10

semantic field/ domain

Answer 10

a specific subject that is prevelant in the text = cooking–> food,pans and pots, chefs, stoves, plates etc

Question 11

denotation

Answer 11

the dictionary definition/ the literal meaning

Question 12

connotation

Answer 12

assciated meanings

Question 13

taboo

Answer 13

subject which are offensive or uncomfortable to discuss

Question 14

euphemism

Answer 14

a polite way to refer to a taboo topic

Question 15

dysphemism

Answer 15

an impolite, rude or offensive way to refer to a taboo topic

Question 16

synonym

Answer 16

words which have similar meanings

Question 17

antonyms

Answer 17

words which have opposite meanings

Question 18

hyponyms

Answer 18

refers to the word that belongs to a broader category

Question 19

register

Answer 19

formality of the text

Question 20

when determining register

Answer 20

-use qualifying languasge like mostly, relatively, primarily
-all elements of TTCRAPSTt are inter-relalted
-decide on register last
-consider the ‘vibe’ of the text
- the register of the text can change and shift

Question 21

declaratives

Answer 21

statement, function to provide info, observations or statements
form: SV(x)

Question 22

interrogatives

Answer 22

question, form:
inversion of subject and auxiliary verb
or
question word and inversion of sub and aux verb

Question 23

imperative

Answer 23

command,
direct order or instruction
form:
omitted but implied second person sub ; v(x)

Question 24

exclamative

Answer 24

form:
what/how and declaritive
no inversion of subject and aux but make sure has verb

Question 25

main/ independent clause

Answer 25

can stand on their own

Question 26

subordinate/dependent clause

Answer 26

cannot stand on their own

Question 27

active voice

Answer 27

subject,verb,object

Question 28

passive

Answer 28

subject, verb, agent