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Verb

A word that represents an action or process, or simply a 'doing' word.

Adjective

A describing word that modifies a noun.

Noun

A naming or stating word for a person, object, or titled entity.

Adverb

A describing word that modifies and adds to verbs.

Adjective

A describing word that modifies a noun.

Superlative

An adjective that displays the most extreme of it's quantity. (-est)

Comparative

An adjective that relates one thing in some way to another. (-er)

Register

The level of formality of a text.

Tenor

The tenor, or the relationship between author and reader and how it was created.

Syntax

The way words form sentences.

Parenthesis

An aside within the text created by sectioning off extra information in between brackets, dashes or commas.

Hypothora

When a rhetorical question is followed immediately by an answer.

Hyperbole

Deliberate over-exaggeration for effect.

Litotes

Deliberate downplaying for effect.

Tricolon/Triplets

Groups in threes, either through repetition or structures. This can be used to create momentum or emphasis.

Imagery

Used to create images in an analytic form of words.

Allusion

To refer to something indirectly or metaphorically.

Pathetic Fallacy

When the environment or weather mimics emotions.

Homeric/Epic Simile

A simile that extends throughout the entire piece.

Symbolism

Using references, metaphors,items or incentive in a representative way.

Lexis

Another word for the word 'word'.

Lexical Field

A selection of words that are associated with eachother, AKA a ____ field of verbs.

Homonym

When one word has multiple meanings.

Archaism

When the language used is outdated or historic.

Juxtaposition

The placing together of elements for some conscious effect (contrasting or similar).

Antithesis

When ideas oppose or contrast one another.

Oxymoron

The use of contradictory words in a phrase put together intentionally for effect.

Binary Opposites

Elements of a text that hold opposite ends of a notational scale, such as loud/quiet.

Collocations

Words that, through usage, naturally go together and we understand that they are linked, such as 'Fish and Chips'.

Onomatopoeia

When a word is spelt exactly the same as the sound it describes, for example, 'boom'.

Phonological Features

Any devices, word or phrases used to relate to sound.

Mimesis

A part of a story, such as someone using small, sharp sentences to mimic aspirant alliteration.

Rhetoric

An example of persuasive language used in advertising.

Enjambment

The continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza.

Caesura

A mid-line pause.

Octet

An eight-line verse.

Quatrain

A four-line verse.

Sestet

A six-line verse.