Linguistic/literary Devices

Question 1

Fluffs up speech, makes it run smoothly and gives speaker time to think what to say next without losing audience’s focus

‘Like, well, sort of, in a way”

Answer 1

Hedges

Question 2

Prosodic feature - gives speaker time to think what to say next without losing audience’s focus

“Uhhmm, uhh, hhmmm”

Answer 2

Filler

Question 3

2 utterances linked in an obvious way

• greeting/returned greeting
• question/answer
• apology/acceptance

Answer 3

Adjacency pairs

Question 4

Speaker committed to truth of proposition

• “affirm, believe, conclude, report”

Answer 4

Representatives

Question 5

Speaker attempts to make audience so something

• “ask, challenge, command, plead”

Answer 5

Directives

Question 6

Speaker committed to a certain course of action

• “bet, guarantee, promise, swear”

Answer 6

Commissives

Question 7

Speaker alters the status quo

“I resign!”
“You’re nicked!”
“I name this child … beelzebub”

Answer 7

Declarations

Question 8

Belief that one/all type/s of language is/are acceptable.

Answer 8

Prescriptivism / Descriptivism

Question 9

Literal meaning of a word, as it appears in the dictionary

Answer 9

Denotation

Question 10

An association, idea or feeling that is conjured up

Answer 10

Connotation

Question 11

Group of words presenting an overarching theme or idea

Trees, grass, river, leaves, bush
Ecology
(Flower, rose, music, stars)
Love

Answer 11

Semantic field

Question 12

Newly formed word by combining syllables and morphemes from existing words ‘chillax’

Answer 12

Blending

Question 13

Shortening of a word into 1 part

Uni, TV, dozer, phone

Answer 13

Clipping

Question 14

Question with few possible answers

Question with many possible answers

Answer 14

Closed question

Open question

Question 15

Words/ phrases common in spoken but not written standard English,

‘Ain’t’, ‘init’

Answer 15

Colloquialism

Question 16

‘Faster’ ‘better’ ‘stronger’ ‘worse’ ‘more colourful’

Answer 16

Comparative adjective

Question 17

The definitive intercolloquial phrasing of a verb

Answer 17

I love you Tulichka ❤️

Question 18

Speaker’s style becomes more like that of audience

Speaker’s style becomes less like that of audience

Answer 18

Convergence / Divergence

Question 19

Blunt, straight up way of saying things

She’s bloody enormous✅
She’s slightly overweight⛔️

Answer 19

Dysphemism

Question 20

‘Fancying up’ of words to make them less offensive or provocative

Fiscal restraint✅
Social welfare cuts⛔️

Answer 20

Euphemism

Question 21

Emphasises another word (usually with modifiers)

‘Very, incredibly, really, exceptionally, remarkably, astonishingly’

Answer 21

Intensifier

Question 22

Author makes reference to previously published work

IASF
“Laurence Olivier in Othello dude!”

Answer 22

Intertextual reference

Question 23

Language or words which are commonly used:
“babe, telly, quid”

Language or words which are not commonly used:
“photosynthesis paradigm shift, preposterous “

Answer 23

High frequency lexis

Low frequency lexis

Question 24

Repetition of sentence structure
(RHETORIC) ??

‘I have a dream….’

Answer 24

Syntactic parallelism

Question 25

Techniques to address audience via inclusive language for example
Pronouns
(“You, we, our, yours)

Answer 25

Synthetic personalisation

Question 26

A way of referring to the audience

Informal : mate, pal, buddy, sweetie, baby, honey, John

Formal : Mr, Rev, Mrs, Dr, Sir

Answer 26

Term of address

Question 27

A spoken word, sentence or vocal sound

Answer 27

Utterance

Question 28

Rephrasing of a sentence

“You..Could you.. could you fuck off?”

Answer 28

False start