Phonology
The fleet of jeeps drove through the streets.
Refers to the process of combining two or more words, where at least one word has undergone a form of abbreviation before being joined. An example includes ‘kidult’ (kid + adult).
Blending
Is a figure of speech that involves exaggerated statements or claims that are not meant to be taken literally
Hyperbole
Can provide clarity by separating elements into a simple format, to create a rhythm in language and to emphasise a point or build an argument.
Listing
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary. – Edgar
Allen Poe
Rhythm
Refers to the repetition of consonant phonemes, often at syllable-final boundaries.
Consonance
ANZAC
QANTAS
AUKUS
Acronym
A pattern that attributes human qualities, characteristics or actions to non-human entities or inanimate objects.
Personification
‘It was the best of times, it was the worst of times …’ – Charles Dickens
‘That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.’ – Neil Armstrong
Antithesis
Screech, slap, pop, crack!
Onomatopoeia
Refers to the repetition of similar phonemes at the ends of two or more words. This entails the direct manipulation of consonance and assonance in word-final syllables.
Rhyme
The process of creating a new word by removing what is falsely perceived to be an affix from an existing word
Backformation
Is created when contradictory words or phrases are used in combination to create a contrasting effect. The juxtaposition of contradictory elements can evoke irony, humour or emphasise a paradoxical situation.
Oxymoron
The room was filled with objects of all sorts: old books with torn covers,vintage furniture coated in dust, faded photographs and a clock that had long ago stopped ticking.
Listing
Better butter is bitter
Alliteration and Consonance
The crow squawked loudly, causing a rustle in the bushes
Onomatopoeia
Involves changing the class or role of a word, without changing its morphology.
Conversion of word class
He used his head and hit the winning run.
Lexical ambiguity
Work hard, stay focused (verb+adjective repeated structure)
Parallelism
Name the grammatical structure of the following pattern:
Over the fence, under the bridge and across the road
Parallelism
Prep, Det, Noun
The acronym for phonological patterning is AACORR
Alliteration
Assonance
Consonance
Onomatopoeia
Rhythm
Rhyme
Identify the following patternings:
Bookcase
Pram
It's
Compound
Shortening
Contraction
A face like a chewed up Minty.
Can be achieved via sarcasm, understatement or backhanded compliments
Simile
Irony
PAL examples
Parallelism
Antithesis
Listing
FLAMPOPISH
Figurative language, lexical ambiguity, Animation, Metaphor, Pun, Oxymoron, Personification, Irony, Simile, Hyperbole