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Verbal Language Features/Techniques Flashcards

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Abstract noun

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Intangible noun of emotion/state

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Acronym

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Word made from initials

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Alliteration

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Repetition of initial consonant sound

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Allusion

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A literary reference, a reference to something or someone well known

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Anaphora

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Repetition of word/phrase in successive clusters

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Anecdote

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Personal story

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Anthropomorphism

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Giving inhuman objects or animals living/human emotions and characteristics

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Ambiguity

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Double meaning or unclear meaning

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Antithesis

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Opposite/contrast

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Aphorism

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Short, pithy statement

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Apostrophe

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Direct address

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Assonance

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Repetition of vowel sound

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Balanced sentence

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First part of sentence is echoed or equalled by second part

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Body copy

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Information/text

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Caesura

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Break/pause

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Chiasmus

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The second part of the sentence echoes/uses the same words but in a different order to the first part.

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Cliché

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Over used expression

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Colloquial language

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Informal/conversational language

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Comparatives

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Comparing two objects; looking for differences/similarities

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Complex sentence

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Sentence made up of independent and dependent clause

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Compound word

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Two words used

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Contrast

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Opposite

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Dialogue

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Conversation

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Diction

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Choice of words - look for lexical clusters

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Ellipsis

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Removing a word or words from sentence - allows the reader to fill in the blanks - to be immersed or involved in the text

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Emotive language/adjective

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Language appealing to emotions

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End stopped

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Sense of line finishes at end of line (with punctuation marks)

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Enjambement

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Run on line

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Euphemism

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Indirect/softer expression

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Figurative language

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Metaphors, similes, personification

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Hyperbole

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exaggeration

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Iambic rhythm

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Rhythm of stressed/unstressed pairs

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Imagery

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Creating mental pictures using figurative language

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Imperative

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command

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Incomplete sentence or fragment

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Missing a subject or verb, for example, to be conversational or very economic

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Intertextuality

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The text references another text in words or images

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Irony

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A humorous outcome where the opposite effect is intended to that stated

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Jargon

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Specialised language of a group, possibly to impress

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Listing

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Group of words/examples

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Juxtaposition

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Opposite; looking at contrast

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Litotes

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An understatement

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Metaphor

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A comparison expressing one thing as another

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Minor sentence

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Sentence without verb

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Noelogism

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An invented new word, possibly to be playful or creative

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Onomatopoeia

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sound of word echoes its meaning

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Oxymoron

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Two contrasting terms used together

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Parallel construction

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Similar construction of words in successive sentences

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Parenthesis

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additional information

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Pattern of three/tricolon/triple/triplicate

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three terms/words in a phrase

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Personal pronouns

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we/you - stand in place of nouns

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Personification

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Giving a non-human thing human characteristics

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Pun

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play on words using double meaning/ambiguity

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Quotation

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Reference to another’s words - could be an example of intertextuality

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Repetition

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repeating words for effect

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Rhetorical question

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Statement in the form of a question - the answer is implied/understood

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Rhyme

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Repetition of similar sounds

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Rhythm

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beat/metre

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Sarcasm

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the opposite in meaning to that stated, often humorous criticism

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Simile

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a comparison expressing one thing like another using “like” or “as”

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Simple sentence

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Sentence has one subject and one verb and is independent

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Statistics

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figures - appeal to logos, shows credibility

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Superlatives

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the best/worst/most…. could be hyperbolic in use

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Slang

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informal words/expressions

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Slogan

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catchphrase, memorable

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Syntax

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sentence structure or word order, possible putting the most important word first or last

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