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Question 1

What is euphony

Answer 1

Euphony is the use of sounds to create a calm atmosphere

Question 2

What is cacophony

Answer 2

Cacophony is use of sounds to create a harsh atmosphere

Question 3

What are plosive sounds

Answer 3

Plosive sounds are like B and P, requiring mouth to fully close and fully open again

Question 4

What are fricative sounds

Answer 4

Fricative sounds are soft like shhhh, requiring a partial closure of the mouth

Question 5

What are nasal sounds

Answer 5

Nasal sounds are like -ing, requiring nasal cavity closure

Question 6

What is assonance

Answer 6

Assonance is repetition of vowel sounds

Question 7

What is consonance

Answer 7

Consonance is repetition of constant sounds

Question 8

What are semantics

Answer 8

Semantics are the straightforward meanings of words without context

Question 9

What are pragmatics

Answer 9

Pragmatics are the implied meaning of words dependent on contexts

Question 10

What is denotation

Answer 10

Denotation is the straightforward semantic meaning

Question 11

What is connotation

Answer 11

Connotation is the implied pragmatic meaning

Question 12

What is transitoriness

Answer 12

Transitoriness is how long a text is going to remain either permanent e.g. online article or ephemeral e.g newspaper

Question 13

What is level of formality

Answer 13

Level of formality is how formal a text is

Question 14

What is degree of interaction between producer and receiver

Answer 14

degree of interaction between producer and receiver is measurement either low interactivity or high interactivity

Question 15

What is type of interaction between producer and receiver

Answer 15

Type of of interaction between producer and receiver is a type such as message orientated (like informative) or social orientated (like building a relationship with reader)

Question 16

What is dependence on context

Answer 16

Dependence on context is a measurement of a text whether it requires context or does not

Question 17

What are affricative sounds

Answer 17

affricative sounds are like “j” and “ch” where plosives and fricative combine

Question 18

What is a lateral sound

Answer 18

A lateral sound is like “L” where tongue is on back of teeth so air moves either side

Question 19

what are idiom

Answer 19

idioms are collocation like “bigger fish to fry” and “ignorance is bliss” and are often colloquial and humorous

Question 20

copular verb

Answer 20

copular verb like “is, am, are, it’s, was, were” shows certainty

Question 21

talk about whether it is pejorative or ameliorative

Answer 21

pejorative (negative) or ameliorative (positive)

Question 22

what is passive voice

Answer 22

passive voice is where subject is acted on by the verb in past participles and past tenses

Question 23

what tone does passive voice create

Answer 23

passive voice creates a tone of detached and objective and is quite depersonalised

Question 24

what does -specific mean

Answer 24

-specific means who the text is designed for for example, gender-specific (towards a gender) or class-specific (towards upper classes for example)

Question 25

deontic modal auxiliary verb

Answer 25

deontic modal auxiliary verb shows obligation such as “must”, “need”, “have to” which connote power like instrumental power

Question 26

epistemic modal auxiliary verb

Answer 26

epistemic modal auxiliary verb shows possibility “may”, “could” “might”

Question 27

anaphora

Answer 27

starting clauses with same word/phrase

Question 28

polysyndeton

Answer 28

list of words/phrases/clauses conjoined by same conunction like “and….and…..and”

Question 29

TALK ABOUT SEMANTIC PATTERNS

Answer 29

thse are level 5, as well as cohesion, sentence types and phrases