Terminology

Question 1

What is an acronym?

Answer 1

An abbreviation formed from the first letters of each word. E.g LOL, OMG!

*Pronounced as it’s own word.

Question 2

What is an Americanism

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A word/expression of American english E.g color instead of colour

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Anadiplosis

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Where the ending of one clause is the start of the next one.

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Anaphora

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Repeating a word or phrase at the start of several sentences. E.g You are kind. You are smart, and you are important

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Anecdote

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A short story about a real person/real events included in a narrative

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Anitithesis

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Two juxtaposing ideas used for rhetorical effect
E.g It was the best of times, it was the worst of times

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Antonyms

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words with opposite meanings
E.g destroy/create

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Aphorism

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A consise expression of truth/principle E.g “Actions speak louder than words.”

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Assonance

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Repeating vowel sounds
E.g The sly snake slithered

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Backchanneling

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Minimal responses to show engagement.
E.g “Mhm”, “Yeah”. “Oh really?”

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Bathos

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A sense of anticlimax at the end of a narrative

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Cacophanous

Answer 12

Harsh sounding words

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Chiaroscuro

Answer 13

The way light/shade is presented

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Chronalogical

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Presented in order

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Cliche

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An overused expression

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Closed audience

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Listeners physically present when a text is created

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Contraction

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An abbreviated version of a word.
E.g Cannot = Can’t

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Declarative

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A sentence in a form of a statement

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Deixis

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Words that need context to be fully understood. E.g ‘This’ or ‘That’

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Deontic modal verbs

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Verbs that allow permission/obligation E.g ‘Should’, ‘may’, ‘must’

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Dialetic

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Lexical form based on Geographical region. E.g ‘Wee’ -Scotland. ‘Sidewalk’ -America.

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Didatics

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Having an Instructive/teaching purpose
E.g The inspectors speech in* An Inspector Calls*

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Diagetic sound

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Sound where the origin is seen/implied in the film. E.g footsteps, gunshots, explosions