Written Terminology Flashcards
Maxium of quantity
Not too much or not little information
Maxium of quality
Don’t say what you believe to be false
Maxium of manner
Don’t make what you say hard to understand
Maxium of relevance
Be relevant
Registor
Formal/ informal
Tenor
The relationship between the reader and the writer e.g. Close or distant
Noun phrase
When you modify a noun
Attributive
Adjective before the noun
Predicative
Adjective after the noun
Fronted coordinated conjunction
Conjunction at the start of the sentence
Monosyllabic
Only has one syllable
Assonance
Where the vowels in a word sound the same
Juxtaposition
2 words together which contrast e.g. Hot, cold
Sibilance
Onomatopoeic sound, soft sound e.g. S
Homophone
Words that sound the same but are different
Elision
Remove a few letters to make one word e.g. Makin’
Initialism
Take the first letter of every word e.g. BBC
Figuration
Not literal
Collocation
A set phrase of two or more words together e.g. Fish and chips
Asyndetic list
Without a conjunction
Syndetic list
With a conjunction
Manner adverb
How things are done e.g. I walked to school quickly
Time adverb
When things are done e.g. I woke up early
Frequency adverb
How often things are done e.g. I eat chocolate often
Place adverb
Where things are done e.g. I went abroad this year
Preposition
Before a noun e.g. Above, about across
Syntax
The sequence of words in a sentence
