Technical
What is the meaning of Technical Language ?
Technical words specifically refer to a certain subject area.
What is the meaning of Connotative language?
Connotations are the feelings or ideas associated with a certain word.
What is the meaning of figurative language?
expressing ideas in an unusual way or creative ways
What type of language is being used?
"I’m walking on sunshine, whoa-oh!"
walking on the sunshine by Katrina and the Waves.
Figurative, Metephor
It shows the feeling of walking on something bright, and uplifiting
Find the techincal word in the sentence
"The referee called an offside in the soccer game."
offside
source: soccer commentary on TV
What is the conotative language?
"Now I've heard there was a secret chord that David played, and it pleased the Lord."
Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen
Secret chord and please the lord
The secret chord shows the conversation's mystery, and pleased the lord shows the lord's satisfaction with the secret chord.
What type of figurative language is being used?
"You're a wizard, Harry!" (from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone)
This is a metaphor, comparing Harry to a wizard, implying that he has magical abilities
What type of language is being used? Be specific
"The cold never bothered me anyway."
The song is "Let It Go"
from Disney Frozen
Figurative, Hyperbole
it shows that elsa isn't threatend by her power anymore.
What are the technical terms being used?
"Ground control to Major Tom, commencing countdown, engines on."
Space Oddity by David Bowie
Ground control - a team that communicated with the spacecraft.
Major Tom - Name of the Astronaut or traveler
Engines on - Turning on the spacecraft
What is 1 of the connotation being used?
“Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary.”
The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe
Negative and emotional
Midnight dery refers to the darkness and the unfamiliar nature of midnight.
Pondering - Shows confusion in the thinker's head
Weak and weary - shows the thinker as weak and unable to defend themselves.
What is the figurative language?
"I’m going to make him an offer he can’t refuse." (from The Godfather)
This is a hyperbole since they exaggerate the idea that the offer will be so compelling that it’s impossible to say no.
What type of language is being used?
"The classroom was a zoo"
The breakfast club by Jhon Hughes 1985
Figurative,
the classroom is being compared to the zoo
Name 2 of the technical terms.
"The struggle for existence, which inevitably follows from the high rate of increase, leads to the preservation of the best-adapted individuals, and thus the gradual modification of the species through natural selection."
Origin of Species by Charles Darwin 1859.
Struggle for existence,
best-adapted individuals,
gradual modification of the species,
natural selection.
Identify 2 connotative words in the quote.
“In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars.”
The Great Gatsby
Came and went like moths- shows the short livness of their visit
Whisperings- shows the secrecy of people's words and their gossip nature
What is the figurative language being used and where?
"Just keep swimming." (from Finding Nemo)
metaphor
It’s not literally about swimming, but it’s a way of saying "keep going" or "don’t give up"
What type of language is being used?
"The algorithm learns a mapping from input features to target outputs by minimizing the loss function. This is commonly used in python."
Article - A Beginner's Guide to Machine Learning
Technical
It uses terms that are specific to machine learning, like algorithm, input, and target outputs.
Identify all the technical terms
"Tony Stark upgraded his arc reactor to generate more sustainable energy, allowing his Iron Man suit to function at higher power levels."
Source: Iron Man (2008)
Arc Reactor: A fictional energy source in Iron Man that powers the suit
Sustainable Energy: Energy that can be used without running out
Identify all connotative words in the quote.
“The yellow-spotted lizards moved in and out of the shadows, their yellow eyes glowing in the darkness”
Holes by Louis Sachar
Yellow spotted lizards - could indicate danger and unsafe environment
Yellow eyes glowing - show evil purpose and unsafe environment
In the darkness - tells us about how the danger is in the unknown and unsafe darkness
Find the figuartive language in the sentence
“Sometimes, the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.” (from Winnie the Pooh)
metaphor
the little things in life and the small acts of kindness or moments with friends, can be the most important and meaningful.
What is the 2 types of languages are beign used ?
"The intense horror of nightmare was upon me, and I saw the shadowy figure of a man, with a pale, gaunt face, floating towards me through the mist."
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë 1847
Connotative and figurative
Plae and gaunt are connotations for the figure, and Her emotions are being compared to a nightmare is the figurative language being used.