Semantics-
meanings
Pragmatics-
implied meaning
Denotation-
literal meaning
Connotation-
words/meanings
Figurative Language-
language that uses a metaphor
Metaphor-
comparison (is)
Mentonym-
where the attribute of a subject stands for something else
Simile-
comparison (as, like)
Pathetic Fallacy-
where the weather reflects the mood
Imagery-
creating pictures in the reader's mind
Personification-
giving an object human qualities/attributes
Synonym-
words that mean the same thing (Start-Go)
Antonym-
opposite words (Start-Finish)
Intensifier-
particular type of adverb
Determiner-
indicate quality or identify the noun
(one, two, three etc)
Metalinguistics-
words we use to describe words
i.e nouns
Creole-
a new hybrid language
Diachronic Variation-
change in language over time
(Gay Gay Gay)
Synchronic Variation-
change in language at one time-different
uses by different people
Text-
anything you can read
Archaic-
language features that are no longer in use
Context-
time and place surrounding a text
Irony-
saying or writing the opposite of what is actually meant
Dramatic Irony-
when something is said and has a deeper meaning or significance
Pun-
humorous play on words that depends on a word or phrase having a double meaning
Oxymoron-
contradicting words or phrases brought together
Emotive language-
language that is intended to produce an emotional response i.e heartwarming
Taboo language-
words that are avoided because they are considered offensive, embarrassing, obscene or unpleasant
Bathos-
comedy derived from the serious then turned into the ridiculous i.e Scary Movie
Repetition-
occurs when a word or phrase is repeated
Anaphoric Reference-
when a word or phrase refers to something earlier in the text-often uses pronouns
Cataphoric Reference-
when the text refers to something forward
Exothoric Reference-
these are references to the wider situation or context to things outside the text
Intertexual Reference-
when a text makes an implied explicit reference to another text
Satire-
a text, which illustrates something ludicrous by use of exaggeration.
This is normally over something political.
i.e A Modest Proposal expressing the unfairness of the English ruling the Irish, disease spread and a increased amount of people died resulting in rumours of cannibalism.
Parody-
a usually humorous imitation of a text or a situation for comic effect or to ridicule it
Ideology-
a set of beliefs, ideas etc
Diadactic-
form in which you speak
Genre-
type/category of a text
Travelogue for set texts
Form-
way in which the text is structured
Conventions-
features in the text
i.e film noir = femme fatale
Parenthesis-
a pair of signs to mark off a bit of a sentence, separating it from the syntactic structure but not affecting the sentence as a whole.
Ex. William Smith- you must know him- is coming tonight.
Typology-
classification according to a general type
Pentameters-
a line of verse consisting of five metrical feet
Paradox-
an opinion or statement contrary to commonly accepted opinion
Juxtaposition-
an act or instance of placing close together or side by side esp. for comparison or contrast
Enjambement-
the continuation of a syntactic unit from one line or couplet of a poem to the next with no pause
Hyperbole-
an extravagant statement or figure of speech not intended to be taken literally, as “to wait an eternity.”