Language Devices Flashcards
Anaphora (repetition)
the use of a short word (e.g. pronoun- “it”; verb- “do”) to refer back to a previous word
Anecdote
a short entertaining story about a real person or event
Atmosphere
a feeling or tone conveyed by something
Bias (perspective)
an opinion or feeling that strongly favours one side in preference yo another
Cliché
a phrase or idea that is used so often that it has little meaning
Colloquial language
informal language used in everyday situations
connotation
something implied or suggested in addition to the main meaning
Descriptive detail
the inclusion of specific details to add to the vividness of the description
Diacope (repetition)
repetition of a word or phrase broken up by one or more intervening words
Empathising (emotion)
to understand and share in someone else’s feelings
Foreshadow
to be a sign of something that is likely to happen
Imperative
expressing a command
Inference
a conclusion reached by reasoning
Informal language
language used in everyday speech
Lexical field (semantic field)
words used in a text which have an element of shared meaning
Pejorative language
words/phrases that express contempt or disapproval
Personal pronouns
the pronouns that indicate person, gender, number and case
Polyptoton (repetition)
repetition of words of the same root with different endings (e.g, “strength”, “strong”)
Propaganda
biased or misleading publicity meant to promote a political point of view
Purpose
something you intend to do/achieve: an intended result
repetition
repeating, or being repeated
Setting
the way or place in which something is set
Sterotype
an oversimplified image or view of a group of people widely held
Theme
the subject about which a person speaks, writes or thinks
Tone
a manner of expression in speaking or writing
viewpoint
an opinion or point of view
complex connectives
Connectives within a complex sentence
although, since, after, when, because
Interjection
sudden remark, used as an interruption
