language techniques

Question 1

monothongs

Answer 1

tongue stays in one place on vowel sounds

Question 2

dipthongs

Answer 2

tongue changes position on vowel sounds

Question 3

assonance

Answer 3

similarity in sound between two syllables created by the same vowels but different consonants

Question 4

consonance

Answer 4

similar consonant sounds

Question 5

code switching

Answer 5

changing dialect or language

Question 6

collocations

Answer 6

a word usually used alongside another word

Question 7

intensifier

Answer 7

adverbs/adverbial phrases that emphasise

Question 8

idiom

Answer 8

phrase that cannot be understood literally

Question 9

compounds

Answer 9

two or more words merged together

Question 10

lexicon

Answer 10

vocabulary of a person/language

Question 11

archaism

Answer 11

old-fashioned word

Question 12

auxiliary verb

Answer 12

helper verb - is, were, has

Question 13

modal verb

Answer 13

kind of auxiliary verb used to express modalities

Question 14

determiner

Answer 14

tells you if something is known or unknown

Question 15

ellipsis

Answer 15

omits part of writing/speech

Question 16

minor sentence

Answer 16

incomplete sentence

Question 17

simple sentence

Answer 17

one independent clause

Question 18

compound sentence

Answer 18

two independent clauses

Question 19

complex sentence

Answer 19

one independent clause, at least one subordinate clause

Question 20

main/independent clause

Answer 20

makes sense on its own

Question 21

subordinate clause

Answer 21

doesn’t make sense on its own

Question 22

premodification

Answer 22

words modified due to words before them

Question 23

post modification

Answer 23

descriptive/circumstantial information after noun

Question 24

dynamic verb

Answer 24

physical/mental activities

Question 25

static verbs

Answer 25

state of being

Question 26

adverbials

Answer 26

modifies a verb, adverb, or adjective

Question 27

verb cluster

Answer 27

sentence with more than one verbal element

Question 28

main verb

Answer 28

shows subject’s action

Question 29

parallelism

Answer 29

similar parts of a sentence have the same structure

Question 30

phatic expressions

Answer 30

communication to establish/maintain social relationships

Question 31

deictic expressions

Answer 31

word/phrase pointing to time, place, or the situation in which the speaker is speaking

Question 32

elision

Answer 32

omission of sounds, syllables, or words in speech

Question 33

hedge

Answer 33

how certainty/uncertainty is expressed

Question 34

idiolect

Answer 34

speech habits of an individual

Question 35

noun phrases

Answer 35

“the black cat”

Question 36

conditional clause

Answer 36

subordinate clause beginning with “if”

Question 37

relative clause

Answer 37

subordinate clause beginning with “wh-“

Question 38

co-ordinate clause

Answer 38

clause beginning with co-ordinating conjunction

Question 39

attributive

Answer 39

adjective before head noun

Question 40

predicative

Answer 40

adjective after head noun linked using a copula verb

Question 41

compound-complex sentence

Answer 41

combines co-ordinate and subordinate clauses

Question 42

fronting

Answer 42

subordinate clause at beginning

Question 43

suspension

Answer 43

subordinate clause at end

Question 44

copula verb

Answer 44

linking verb - is

Question 45

co-ordinating conjunctions

Answer 45

and, but, or, yet

Question 46

subordinating conjunctions

Answer 46

after, because, although, if

Question 47

syndetic listing

Answer 47

commas until final conjunction at end

Question 48

asyndetic listing

Answer 48

only commas

Question 49

poly-syndetic listing

Answer 49

only repeated conjunction

Question 50

cataphora

Answer 50

“she loved teaching year 12; liz thought they were kind”

Question 51

triadic structure

Answer 51

power of three

Question 52

antithesis

Answer 52

direct contrast, opposites