Spoken Language

Question 1

What is an intensifier?

Answer 1

a word that strengthens the meaning of another word or phrase (absolutely,extremely,so,too)

Question 2

What is a mitigator?

Answer 2

a word that makes a word/phrase more weak (opposite of an intensifier). (rather,quite,fairly,a little)

Question 3

What is a vocative?

Answer 3

a word/phrase used to address someone directly (sir,miss, saraika,jimi)

Question 4

What is archaism?

Answer 4

use of language that is considered outdated/old-fashioned (thee,thou)

Question 5

A portmanteau word

Answer 5

a word made by combining two words to form a new word with a new meaning (spork, brunch)

Question 6

What is Jargon?

Answer 6

specialised language used by people in the same profession

Question 7

What is an expletive?

Answer 7

a swear word

Question 8

What is neologism?

Answer 8

a newly coined or invented word (like deepfake and skibidi)

Question 9

What is a homonym?

Answer 9

a word with the same spelling/pronunciation as another word with a different meaning. (bare/bear)

Question 10

What is an antonym?

Answer 10

A word with the opposite meaning to another word.(right/wrong,good/bad)

Question 11

What is an epithet?

Answer 11

An adjective used before someone’s name, often something that ascribes them with a characteristic or quality. (a happy person / Brave Macbeth)

Question 12

What is collocation?

Answer 12

A predictable combination of words (fish and chip/blue skies)

Question 13

What is a lexical set/field?

Answer 13

A lexical set is a group of words with the same topic. (‘cat,dog,goldfish,lion,giraffe’ is part of the lexical set of pets)

Question 14

What is a syndeton?

Answer 14

the use of connectives

Question 15

What is a syndetic pair?

Answer 15

two words joined by a connective

Question 16

What is syndetic listing?

Answer 16

when a sentence contains a list, and within the list there are one or more connectives.

Question 17

What is an asyndeton?

Answer 17

a lack of connectives

Question 18

What is an asyndetic pair?

Answer 18

words that are connected without a connective

Question 19

What is asyndetic listing?

Answer 19

series of items without connectives(with commas instead)

Question 20

What is asyndetic listing?

Answer 20

series of items without connectives(with commas instead)

Question 21

What is epizeuxis?

Answer 21

repetition of words or phrases in quick succession (“Threaten me all you want, I wont do it.I wont! I wont! I wont!”)

Question 22

What is epizeuxis?

Answer 22

repetition of words or phrases in quick succession (“Threaten me all you want, I wont do it.I wont! I wont! I wont!”)

Question 23

What is anaphora?

Answer 23

repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of several sentences or clauses

Question 24

What is anaphora?

Answer 24

repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of several sentences or clauses

Question 25

What is premodification?

Answer 25

using a word or phrase that gives more details or limits the meaning of a noun n some way. Pre modifiers always come before the noun they describe.

Question 26

What is postmodification?

Answer 26

using a word or phrase that gives more details or limits the meaning of a noun in some way. Post modifiers always come after the noun they describe.

Question 27

What is eloquent register?

Answer 27

writing/speech in a fluent/persuasive manner

Question 28

What is formal register?

Answer 28

writing/speech that is elevated, precise, professional,and impersonal

Question 29

What is a neutral register?

Answer 29

speech/writing that is non-emotional and fact based

Question 30

What is informal register?

Answer 30

speech/writing is conversational and spontaneous

Question 31

What is colloquial register?

Answer 31

speech/writing with a lack of grammar, spelling, punctuation, and usually contains slang

Question 32

What is a vulgar register?

Answer 32

speech/writing that uses childish language

Question 33

What is dialect?

Answer 33

language affected by area

Question 34

What is sociolect?

Answer 34

language affected by social group

Question 35

What is idiolect?

Answer 35

the way the individual speaks

Question 36

What is hypophora?

Answer 36

answering your own question

Question 37

What is epiphora?

Answer 37

repetition of a word or phrase at the end of the clause/sentence. (contrast with anaphora)

Question 38

What is anadiplosis?

Answer 38

a device where the last word/phrase of a clause/sentence is repeated at the beginning of the next

Question 39

What are litotes?

Answer 39

the use of a double negative to make an understatement (It’s not that bad)(It’s not rocket science)(I wouldn’t say no)

Question 40

What is bathos?

Answer 40

a sudden change from a significant/important subject to an ordinary/boring one

Question 41

What is verbal irony?

Answer 41

when one thing is said but another is meant

Question 42

What is figurative language?

Answer 42

all the types of non-literal figures of speech/expressions (metaphors,similes,personification,hyperbole)

Question 43

What is euphony?

Answer 43

pleasing, smooth sound combinations

Question 44

What is hedging?

Answer 44

making a phrase less definite - more unsure (kind of, a bit)

Question 45

What is a tag question?

Answer 45

short questions added to the end of a sentence to ask for confirmation (We’ve checked in, haven’t we?)

Question 46

What is elision?

Answer 46

leaving out a sound or syllable when speaking. (I don’t know > I dunno)

Question 47

What is contraction?

Answer 47

the shortening of 2 or more words by using an apostrophe to miss out sounds (I’ve, we’ve)

Question 48

What is a topic loop?

Answer 48

returning to a topic from earlier in conversation/text

Question 49

What is an idiom?

Answer 49

a phrase that actually means something different from its literal meaning (its raining cats and dogs)

Question 50

What is an expletive?

Answer 50

swear words

Question 51

What is agenda setting?

Answer 51

setting which topics are important or that you want the audience to be influenced by

Question 52

What are adjacency pairs?

Answer 52

pairs of phrases where the first phrase demands some sort of response (Are you okay? Fine thanks)

Question 53

What is the ‘Maxim of Manner’?

Answer 53

being clear

Question 54

What is ‘Maxim of Relevance’?

Answer 54

being relevant

Question 55

What is the ‘Maxim of Quality’?

Answer 55

being truthful/ what you believe to be true

Question 56

What is ‘Maxim of Quantity’?

Answer 56

saying the right amount (depending on context)

Question 57

What is positive politeness?

Answer 57

giving compliments, taking an interest

Question 58

What is negative politeness?

Answer 58

not imposing/ softening the blow - NOT BEING RUDE (is it okay if?, could u possibly?)

Question 59

What is face threatening act?

Answer 59

being rude