Paper 1 Vocabulary Flashcards

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Define: dipthong

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two vowel sounds (rather than one) occurring in the same syllable e.g. ‘reign’

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Define: fricative

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  • voiced: v, th (e.g. then)
  • unvoiced: f, th (e.g theatre)
  • airy effect
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Define: plosive

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  • p, b, t, d, k, g

- abrupt, sharp, sometimes shocking effect

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Define: sibilant

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  • s, sh, x

- effect depends on context: soft, hissing, or sinister

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Define: liquids

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  • l
  • can flow, creating a sense of quick, light movement
  • can sound thick, heavy when combined with dull sounds e.g. ‘laddle’
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Define: phonetic symbolism

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using words with the same sounds and associated meaning, e.g. gleam, glare, glitter.

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Define: onomatopoeia

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word that imitates or suggests the sound that it describes

- we hear the sound it describes

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Define: alliteration

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repetition of a consonant sound

  • renders flow and beauty to writing
  • draws attention
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Define: assonance

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repetition of vowel sounds

  • creates internal rhyme
  • helps develop a mood
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Define: caesura

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natural pause in a line of poetry:

  • initial - occurs in first half of line
  • medial - occurs in middle of line
  • terminal - occurs at end of line
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Define: closed vowel

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vowel sound is closed/shortened e.g. ‘a’ in ‘cat’

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Define: open vowel

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vowel sound is opened/lengthened e.g. ‘o’ in ‘open’

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Name the 8 parts of speech.

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  • adjective
  • verb
  • preposition
  • article
  • adverb
  • noun
  • conjunction
  • pronoun
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Define: adjective

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describing word e.g. small, big

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Define: verb

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doing word e.g. fly, walk, run

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Define: preposition

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denotes position e.g. under, on

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Define: article

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a type of adjective always used with a noun:

  • definite article: ‘the’ = specific
  • indefinite article: ‘a’ = general
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Define: adverb

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words that add description to a verb

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Define: noun

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a thing or idea e.g. book, oven, truth

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Define: conjunction

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a word that joins two clauses together e.g. and, but

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Define: pronouns

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substitute for a noun e.g. I, you, he, she, it

22
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Name the 4 types of sentence.

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  • statement
  • exclamation
  • question (interrogative)
  • command (imperative)
23
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Define: eye rhyme

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words that are spelled alike but which do not actually rhyme e.g. ‘love’, ‘prove’

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Define: feminine rhyme

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rhymes that contain 2+ rhyming syllables, ending on an unstressed one e.g. ‘hollow’, ‘follow’ ; ‘measure’, ‘leisure’

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Define: masculine rhyme

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rhyming words that contain single stressed syllable e.g. ‘hill’, ‘still’ ; ‘produced’, ‘reduced’

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Define: imperfect rhyme

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words that do not quite rhyme and so produce a sense of discord e.g. ‘soul’, ‘wall’

  • avoids sing songv feel
  • provide subtle discordant note
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Define: allegory

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abstract ideas and principles described in terms of characters (but a complete narrative not just one thing because that would be a symbol)

  • to add different layers of meanings
  • allows writers to put forward their moral and political point of views
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Define: mood

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evokes certain feelings in readers through words and descriptions

  • developed through setting, theme, tone, diction
  • an integral part of communicating the message
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Define: tone

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attitude of writer towards subject or audience

- lends shape and life to a piece of literature because it creates a mood