Written Terminology Flashcards
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Maxium of quantity
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Not too much or not little information
2
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Maxium of quality
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Don’t say what you believe to be false
3
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Maxium of manner
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Don’t make what you say hard to understand
4
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Maxium of relevance
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Be relevant
5
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Registor
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Formal/ informal
6
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Tenor
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The relationship between the reader and the writer e.g. Close or distant
7
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Noun phrase
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When you modify a noun
8
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Attributive
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Adjective before the noun
9
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Predicative
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Adjective after the noun
10
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Fronted coordinated conjunction
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Conjunction at the start of the sentence
11
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Monosyllabic
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Only has one syllable
12
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Assonance
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Where the vowels in a word sound the same
13
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Juxtaposition
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2 words together which contrast e.g. Hot, cold
14
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Sibilance
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Onomatopoeic sound, soft sound e.g. S
15
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Homophone
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Words that sound the same but are different
