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What is emotive language

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Words that have conversations which are designed to convey to or stir up emotions in.

Often the words has either a strong and or positive connotation

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What is portmanteau words/neologisms

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This is when many words in the English language are made by combining two existing words.

(Breakfast + lunch =brunch )
These are called portmanteau words

Made up words- neologism

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What is jargon

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Words or phrases which have specific meanings within a particular category

(I got a 404 on my browser because I hadn’t enabled cookies. I IMd tech support, emptied my cache and rebooted”

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What is dialect

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This is a form of language specific to a particular region or social group

(Different words.grammar or pronunciations )

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what is colloquial language

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This is everyday,natural or informal language. Sometime referred to as chatty language

(Including idioms and contractions)

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What is idioms

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A well known phrase it saying which are in common parlance

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What is contractions

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Words shortened by missing letters out

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What can word choice convey

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Attitude and tone

  • writers choose words which have connotations that suit their overall purpose
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What is incongruity

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These are words that don’t match there context or don’t fit well together.

*they are used in colloquial and or very formal language often to create humour

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What is a juxtaposition

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Is placing two words/phrases or ideas next to one another to highlight differences

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What is an oxymoron

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This is the combination of words which are contradictory

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What happens if you have a juxtaposing words which are incongruous

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This creates an oxymoron

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What are the imagery techniques

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Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Extended metaphor

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What is a simile

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A comparison between two things (one literal and one figurative )

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What is a metaphor

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A comparison between two things where one is said to be the other

-design to make the description of the subject more vivid by transferring across an idea from the literal roots, can be used to create tone/humour or emphasis a particular quality in what is being described-

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What is personification

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A specific metaphor where an inanimate object (not living) is given human or animal qualities

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What is an extender metaphor

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When a writer uses a simile or metaphor to make an initial comparison and then continues the same idea through several lines

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What are the sentence structure techniques

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Repetition
Lists
Tricolon
Climax
Anti -climax
Parallel structure
Antithesis
Inversion 
Linking phrases
Minor sentence
Simple sentence
Complex sentence
Statement
Question/rhetorical
Exclamation
Imperative
Inverted commas
Parenthesis
Ellipsis
Colon
Semi colon 
Dash
Tyypography
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What is repetition

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Using a word or phrase more than once for emphasis

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What is a list

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A series of words of phrases

  • can be separated by commas or semi colons
  • often used for emphasis the variety or extend if something
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What is climax

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The highest degree of tension/humour/drama/ etc

-when the sentence builds up towards its highest point-it’s called a climactic sentence)

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What is anti climax

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A sentence which builds in intensity. Power towards a climax but which ended with an unexpected disappointment or humorous twist

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What is parallel structure

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Phrases or sentences which follow the same grammatical construction and shape

  • often beginning in the same way it using punctuation in the same way- creates a feeling of balance between the sentences and is used to emphasis the similarities
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What is incongruity

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These are words that don’t match there context or don’t fit well together.

*they are used in colloquial and or very formal language often to create humour

25
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What is a juxtaposition

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Is placing two words/phrases or ideas next to one another to highlight differences

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What is an oxymoron

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This is the combination of words which are contradictory

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What happens if you have a juxtaposing words which are incongruous

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This creates an oxymoron

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What are the imagery techniques

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Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Extended metaphor

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What is a simile

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A comparison between two things (one literal and one figurative )

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What is a metaphor

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A comparison between two things where one is said to be the other

-design to make the description of the subject more vivid by transferring across an idea from the literal roots, can be used to create tone/humour or emphasis a particular quality in what is being described-

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What is personification

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A specific metaphor where an inanimate object (not living) is given human or animal qualities

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What is an extender metaphor

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When a writer uses a simile or metaphor to make an initial comparison and then continues the same idea through several lines

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What are the sentence structure techniques

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Repetition
Lists
Tricolon
Climax
Anti -climax
Parallel structure
Antithesis
Inversion 
Linking phrases
Minor sentence
Simple sentence
Complex sentence
Statement
Question/rhetorical
Exclamation
Imperative
Inverted commas
Parenthesis
Ellipsis
Colon
Semi colon 
Dash
Tyypography
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What is an antithesis

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It’s basically a juxtaposition of contrasting or opposite terms in a balanced way

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What is inversion

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When the normal order of a sentence is turned around (so subject,verb,object )

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What is a linking paragraph/sentence

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A phrase or sentence which links back to the previous point and then introduces and leads the passage into a new direction or point

37
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What is a minor sentence

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A sentence without a verb

-sounds informal

38
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What is simple sentence structure

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A sentence made up from only one main cause

  • a grammatical chunk smaller than a sentence
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What is complex sentence structure

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A sentence that is containing subordinate (extra clauses.

-subordinate clauses are related to Amin clauses and give more information about it
These don’t make sense on their own

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What is a statement

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A simple sentence with puts forward information as a fact

41
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What is a question/rhetorical

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A question is a sentence worded so as to invite an awnser

  • a rhetorical question is a stamens disguised as a question- the awnser is implied it obvious
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What is an exclamation

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A sentence or a phrase expressing emotion usually ending with an exclaimation mark.

43
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What imperative ?

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A sentence which tells it commands

44
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What is an inverted comma

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Around words spoken they are called speech marks

  • around words quoted they are called quotation marks and are usually doubled

Are used to indicate the titles of books/plays and films and are usually singles.

-also in indicate sarcasm or irony

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What does parenthesis mean

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This represents the commas, dashes, and it brakes used to insert and explanation or comment (added information

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What is an ellipsis

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Three full stops are used to indicated either a missing word or a pause it that a new sentence is incomplete

47
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What is a colon

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They are two dots above each other

-they are used to introduce a quote or a list or an explanation

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What is a semi colon

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A dot above a comma

  • can separate items in a list when each item is a phrase of sentence of its own
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What is a dash

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In pairs dashes mark off a parenthetical comment or explanation

-single dashes can be used to Introduce further explanation or develop and idea

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What is typography

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Typography refers to the way print has been formatted

  • writes may use bold,italic,underlining it capitals to emphasis a particular word.
  • often to suggest time or stress or shouting

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