Language Techniques Flashcards
What is hyperbole?
Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
What is humour?
The quality of being amusing or comic, especially as expressed in literature or speech.
What is a rhetorical question?
A question asked to create a dramatic effect or to make a point rather than to get an answer.
What are statistics/expert opinions?
The practice or science of collecting and analysing numerical data in large quantities, especially for inferring proportions in a whole from those in a representative sample.
What is inclusive language?
Language that avoids expressions or words that might exclude particular groups of people.
What is an allusion?
An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.
What is a metaphor?
A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
What is a simile?
A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid.
What are adjectives?
A word naming an attribute of a noun.
What are verbs?
A word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence, forming the main part of the predicate of a sentence.
What is alliteration?
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
What is assonance?
Resemblance of sound between syllables of nearby words, particularly from the rhyming of two or more stressed vowels.
What is repetition?
The action of repeating something that has already been said or written.
What is high modality?
When something is obvious, certain, definite, sure, or complete.
What is emotive language?
The term used when certain word choices are made to evoke an emotional response in the reader.
What is an anecdote?
A short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person.
What is ethos?
A written technique that appeals to an audience’s ethics, demonstrating that the author is a trustworthy source of accurate information.
What is pathos?
A quality that evokes pity or sadness.
What is logos?
An appeal to logic, used to convince an audience through facts and statistics.
What is satire?
The use of humour, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or vices, particularly in contemporary politics and topical issues.
What does ‘rhetorical’ refer to?
Relating to the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing.
What does ‘emotive’ mean?
Evoking strong emotions.
What is ‘persuasive’?
Intended to convince or influence.
What does ‘imperative’ indicate?
Expressing a command or request.
What is ‘modal’ in English grammar?
Referring to auxiliary verbs that express necessity or possibility.
What are ‘gestures’?
Movements of the body or limbs that express ideas or feelings.
What does ‘expression’ refer to?
The process of making one’s thoughts or feelings known.
What does ‘dynamic’ mean?
positive in attitude an full of energy and new ideas
What is an ‘anecdote’?
A short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person.
What does ‘neutral’ mean?
Not taking sides; impartial.
What does ‘passionate’ mean?
Showing or caused by strong feelings or beliefs.
What is ‘exaggeration’?
A statement that represents something as better or worse than it really is.
What does ‘cliché’ refer to?
An overused expression or idea that has lost its originality.
What does ‘inclusive’ mean?
Including all; not excluding any section of society or any party involved in something.
What is ‘connotation’?
An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
What does ‘logical’ mean?
Characterized by clear, sound reasoning.
What is ‘colloquial’?
Used in ordinary or familiar conversation; not formal or literary.
What does ‘jargon’ refer to?
Special words or expressions used by a particular profession or group.
What does ‘sympathetic’ mean?
Showing compassion or understanding.
What is ‘evocative’?
Bringing strong images, memories, or feelings to mind.
