Varieties of english language Flashcards
1
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What type of language is used for everyday purposes.
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Ordinary
2
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What type of language appeals to the senses.
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poetic
3
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what type of language uses technical jargon.
A
scientific
4
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figurative language which gives human qualities to nonhuman things
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personification
5
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figurative language making direct comparison of two unlike things using “like” or “as”
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simile
6
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figurative language making an implied (subtle)comparison of two unlike things
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metaphor
7
Q
highly descriptive language that appeals to the senses
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imagery
8
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often non-literal (poetic) language used in literary texts to paint mental pictures and spark the imagination
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figurative language
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