Varieties of english language Flashcards

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What type of language is used for everyday purposes.

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Ordinary

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What type of language appeals to the senses.

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poetic

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3
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what type of language uses technical jargon.

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scientific

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figurative language which gives human qualities to nonhuman things

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personification

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figurative language making direct comparison of two unlike things using “like” or “as”

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simile

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figurative language making an implied (subtle)comparison of two unlike things

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metaphor

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highly descriptive language that appeals to the senses

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imagery

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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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