spoken language
literary features
poetic devices
mixed bag
prose features
100
What is language which is not written?
spoken language
100
What forms of the first person are there?
singular, I and plural we
100
What is the name of the form of unrhymed poetry written in iambic pentameters?
blank verse
100
What is the name of regional language with its own grammar and lexis that distinguishes it from it mother language and is not easily understood by speakers from different regions?
Dialect
100
What is the name given to continuous writing in paragraphs?
Prose
200
What is the name given to the printed version of a conversation?
a transcript
200
What is the name of something used to represent something or some idea in a text?
Symbol or symbolism
200
What is the name of the term which describes the formation of a word reflecting the sound of the object or action to which it refers
Onomatopoeia
200
What is the name of the physical realisation of a sentence in its spoken or written form?
An utterance
200
What is the name of the term which denotes the methods that an author uses to create style and meaning?
Linguistic devices
300
What is the name of the term which denotes the joining together of words leading to the omission of a syllable when spoken or written
Elision
300
What is the name of the term used to describe the substitution of language that is less direct and more vague, often to avoid causing offence.
Euphemism
300
What is the name given to the repetition of a phrase or sentence for rhetorical effect?
syntactic parallelism
300
What is the name of the term which denotes the way speakers manage a conversation so they don't all speak at once?
Turn taking
300
What is the name given to the term which denotes an opinion or attitude uttered by someone that reflects that person's idnentity?
Voice
400
This term refers to interrupting another speaker and speaking at the same time as another.
Overlapping
400
What is the name given to techniques in which grammatical and linguistic features are used to try to persuade and create emotion in an audience?
Rhetoric
400
Words that are not used literally.
Metaphorical language
400
What is the name given to the skills of verbal communication to help convey a message?
Prosodic techniques
400
What is the name of the dramatic term for the mismatch between what the audience realizes but a character fails to understand?
Dramatic Irony
500
An aspect of spontaneous speech that indicates that the speech is not planned.
Non fluency feature
500
What is the term for a narrator who tells the story from the outside knowing everything which occurs and all the internal workings of the characters?
Omniscient
500
What is the name given to the ideas, feelings or associations that a word suggests in addition to its primary, literal meaning?
Connotation
500
What is the name given to the overall narrative of a story, within which dialogue is contained?
Framing narrative
500
What is the term that is used to describe the methods by which an author uses the reader's lack of knowledge about what is coming in next in the story to maintain their interest in the narrative?
Narrative tension
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