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the formal study of art and language, especially in relation to the idea of
beauty

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Aesthetics

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a story or a narrative, often told at some length, which has a deeper meaning below the surface (e.g. George Orwell`s Animal Farm)

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Allegory

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a reference to another event, person, place, or work of literature. The allusion is usually implied rather than explicit, and often provides another layer of meaning to what
is being said.

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Allusion

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use of language where the meaning is unclear or has two or more possible interpretations. It could be created through the weakness of the writer`s expression, but
often it is deliberately used by writers to create layers of meaning in the mind of the reader.

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Ambiguity

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the situation where more than one possible attitude is being displayed by the writer or poet towards a character, theme, idea, event, etc.

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Ambivalence

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something that is historically inaccurate

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Anachronism

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: a type of referencing that points backwards in a text (e.g. The student worked hard, so she had little spare time.)

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Anaphoric reference

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contrasting ideas or words that are balanced against each other (e.g. “To be, or not to be” - Shakespeare`s Hamlet”)

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Antithesis

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use of language that is old-fashioned and no longer exists in common usage

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Archaism

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: the people addressed by a piece of writing, speech, etc. This is closely associated with the idea of purpose.

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Audience

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a narrative poem that tells a story (traditional ballads were songs) usually in a straightforward way. The theme is often tragic or contains a whimsical, supernatural, or
fantastic element.

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Ballad

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often supporting or opposing a particular person or thing in an unfair way by allowing personal opinions to influence your judgment

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Bias

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a character described through the exaggeration of the features that he or she possesses

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Caricature

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a type of referencing that points forward in the text (e.g. Those were the days my friend.)

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Cataphoric Reference

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a purging of emotions such as takes place at the end of a tragedy

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Catharsis

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the practice of officially examining books, movies, etc., and suppressing unacceptable parts.

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Censorship

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a phrase, idea, or image that has been over-used so that it has lost so much of its original meaning, impact, and freshness

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Cliche

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links and connections that unite the elements of discourse or text

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Cohesion

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the creation and addition of new words to the existing word stock

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Coinage

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two or more words that frequently appear together as part of a set phrase. They are often well known and predictable, and many could be described as idioms or cliches (e.g. safe and sound).

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Collocation

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an informal quality in speech or writing, often characterized by the use of slang or non-standard features

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Colloquial

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the type of sentence in which someone is told to do something

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Command

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the reason why a piece of writing has been written or a speech made (e.g. to entertain, to explain, to persuade, to argue)

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Communicative Purpose

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a word made up of at least two free morphemes (e.g. babysitter)

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Compound

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an elaborate, extended, and sometimes surprising comparison between things that, at first sight, do not have much in common

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Conceit

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the associations attached to a word in addition to its dictionary definition

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Connotation

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the social circumstances in which speech and writing takes place

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Context

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a shortened word (e.g. isn`t)

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Contraction

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the application of a particular socio/historical standpoint used to analyze a text

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Contextual Framework

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a study of the key features in informal spoken interaction, with a view to determining the following: (1) turn-taking; (2) constructing sequences of utterances across turns; (3) identifying and repairing problems; (4) employing gaze and movement

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Conversation Analysis

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detailed analysis and assessment of something, esp. a literary, philosophical, or political theory

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Critique

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refers to the following ways of life, including but not limited to (1) Language: the oldest human institution and the most sophisticated medium of expression. (2) Arts & Sciences: the most advanced and refined forms of human expression. (3) Thought: the ways in which people perceive, interpret, and understand the world around them. (4) Spirituality: the value system transmitted through generations for the inner well-being of human beings, expressed through language and actions. (5) Social activity: the shared pursuits within a cultural community, demonstrated in a variety of festivities and life-celebrating events. (6) Interaction: the social aspects of human contact, including the give-and-take of socialization, negotiation, protocol, and conventions.

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Culture

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: a grammatical mood that expresses a statement (e.g. I am a hardworking student.)

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Declaritive

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words that can be interpreted only with reference to the speakers position in space or time. These are known as deictic forms and fall into three main types: (1) personal deixis, including the use of such pronouns as you or I that identify who is taking part in the discourse; (2) spatial deixis, showing the speakers position in relation to other
people or objects, e.g. this, that, here; (3) temporal deixis, relating the speaker to time, using words such as tomorrow, now, yesterday.

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Deixis

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a term used to describe determiners or pronouns that distinguish one item from other similar ones (e.g. this, that, these, those)

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Demonstrative

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the dictionary definition of a word

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Denotation

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a language variety marked by a distinctive grammar and vocabulary, used by people with a common regional or social background

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Dialect

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language interaction between two or more people

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Dialogue

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the choice of words that a writer makes

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Diction

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a term describing a work that is intended to preach or teach, often containing a particular moral or political point

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Didactic

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the actual words spoken by a person, recorded in written form using speech marks or quotation marks

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Direct Speech

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any spoken or written language that is longer than a sentence

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Discourse

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a meditative poem, usually sad and reflective in nature

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Elegy

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a word or phrase used to avoid saying an unpleasant or offensive word (e.g. to pass away replaces to die)

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Euphemism

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the omission of an unstressed syllable so that the line conforms to a particular metrical pattern (e.g. oer, een)

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Elision

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the omission of a part of a sentence, which can be understood from the context (e.g. I`d like to go to the concert but I can’t (go to the concert). )

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Elipsis

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the study of the history or origins of words

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Etymology

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a type of referencing that points beyond the text, where the reader or listener has to make a connection with something outside the text (e.g. The fish was this big.)

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Exophoric Reference

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a term to denote language that is patterned and always appears in the same form (e.g. Yours faithfully)

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Formulaic

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a critical skeleton that could be applied to analyze texts in various ways to suit the purpose of the analysis (e.g. literary framework, linguistic framework, contextual framework, etc)

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Framework

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the general characteristics and behaviors between different sexes in a society

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Gender Roles

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a category of texts characterized by a particular style, form, or content (e.g. prose, poetry, drama)

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Genre

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a deliberate and extravagant exaggeration

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Hyperbole

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a theory, or set of beliefs or principles, especially one on which a political system, party or organization is based

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Ideology

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a sequence of words that is a unit of meaning (e.g. kick the bucket)

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Idiom

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