Terminology Flashcards
Define Onomatopoeia
a word that phonetically imitates/suggests the sound that it describes. i.e. “oink”.
Define Foreshadowing
when the writer gives hints towards a future event. i.e. “rain clouds began to form”.
Define Dramatic Irony
when the writer states information to the audience that the characters don’t know. i.e. where the characters are.
Define Metaphor
a figure of speech that, for rhetorical effect, directly refers to one thing by mentioning another. i.e. “He was like a clown”.
Define Juxtaposition
Where two events take place that are contrary to one another.
Define Personification
Where human traits are attributed to non-humans. i.e. “the moon glared”.
Define Zoomorphism
Where animal traits are attributed to humans. i.e. “She growled”.
Define Chremamorphism
Where qualities of objects are attributed to humans or animals. i.e.. “…queue curled around the entrance…like an abandoned garden hose.”.
Define Initialism
When all first letters of a group of words are pronounced. i.e. “RSPCA”.
Define Acronym
When all first letters of a group of words are pronounced as a new word. i.e. “LOL”.
Define Clippings
Where words are abbreviated without introducing new letters. i.e. “Fabulous” becomes “Fab”.
Define Interjections
These are non-standard vocalisations (interruptions). i.e. “Oh!”.
Define Homophones
Words that sound the same but have different meanings. i.e. “their”, “there”, and “they’re”.
Define Emoticons
Small images used to convey emotion over text. i.e. “😍”.
Define Cut Spelling
Reducing a word to take away problems with traditional orthography. i.e. “blood” becomes “blud”.
Define Ellipsis
The reduction of a sentence by omission of detail. This is shown by using “…”.
Define Ellison
A collision of two lexemes for a new word. i.e. “isn’t it” would become “innit”.
Give examples of highly literary text and explain why they are highly literate
Memoirs/ written novels/ newspaper articles/ travel guides because there is a narrative and in all examples they have qualities that make them highly literate (hyperbole, lexical borrowing, metaphors…).
Give examples of non-literary text and explain why they are non-literate
Spoken transcript/ blog posts/ online forum posts because there is no narrative and in all examples they don’t have qualities that make them highly literate (by being mainly simple and factual).
Define Register
The style of language patters appropriate to the situation, based on who’s speaking.
Define Hyperbole and why it’s used
An exaggeration of a situation. i.e. “a million people gathered”. This is used to emphasise a point and adds entertaining value.
Define Intertextual Reference and why it’s used
A reference to another text/ picture used to illustrate concepts to the reader.
Define Idiomatic Language and why it’s used
Phrases that don’t translate and have gained meaning through certain use. i.e. “beyond the pale”.
Define Colloquialisms and why they’re used
Words close to the spoken mode, give text a conversational and informal tone
