Subject terminology Flashcards
Assonance
same vowel sound is repeated
Dissonance
the discordant combinations of sounds
Monologue
the narrator talking to themselves
Oxymoron
two contrasting words each other
Pathos
a language that evokes pity or sorrow
Motif
objects, colours, sounds and places may work as symbols
Tone
the creation of mood in a text
Tautology
the saying of the same thing twice over in different words
Auxiliary verb
assists the main verb; do, have, be
Collocation
two or more words often found together
Concrete nouns
things that we can touch or experience physically
High-frequency lexis
everyday words
Idiom
common non-literal expression
Illocutionary act
implying something
Imperative
a command
Nonce formation
made up words
Phatic talk
conversation starters
Syntax
the order of the elements in a clause/sentence
Etymology
history of a word
Archaism/archaic language
a word that have stopped being of usage
Anachronistic language
language that seems ‘out of time’
Semantic shift
the shift in a word’s meaning overtime
Globalised vocab
words used globally
Anaphora
a series of clauses (or phrases) starting with the same word of phrases
