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147 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
Allegory |
Saying one thing but meaning another, an extended metaphor or secondary hidden meaning |
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Pragmatics |
Underlying meaning |
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Paralinguistic features |
Non verbal features of speech |
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Asydeton |
Omission of conjunction in a list |
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Monorhyme |
All lines rhyme (aaaaa) |
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Triadic structure |
Rule of 3 |
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Polysyndeton |
Multiple conjunctions |
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Amelioration |
Meaning lessons over time |
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Pejoration |
Meaning strengthens over time |
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Tag questions |
On the end |
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Ellsion |
Missing letters or sounds |
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Hybrid |
Written and spoken language mixed |
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Hybrid |
Written and spoken language mixed |
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Interrogative |
Questioning |
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Hybrid |
Written and spoken language mixed |
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Interrogative |
Questioning |
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Fillers |
Erm, er, urm |
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Hybrid |
Written and spoken language mixed |
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Interrogative |
Questioning |
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Fillers |
Erm, er, urm |
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Declarative |
Declaring... |
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Hybrid |
Written and spoken language mixed |
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Interrogative |
Questioning |
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Fillers |
Erm, er, urm |
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Declarative |
Declaring... |
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Imperative |
Commanding |
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Hybrid |
Written and spoken language mixed |
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Interrogative |
Questioning |
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Fillers |
Erm, er, urm |
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Declarative |
Declaring... |
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Imperative |
Commanding |
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Sociolect, idiolect |
Types of language |
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Hybrid |
Written and spoken language mixed |
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Interrogative |
Questioning |
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Fillers |
Erm, er, urm |
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Declarative |
Declaring... |
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Imperative |
Commanding |
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Sociolect, idiolect |
Types of language |
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Topic management |
Who controls the conversation |
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Hybrid |
Written and spoken language mixed |
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Interrogative |
Questioning |
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Fillers |
Erm, er, urm |
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Declarative |
Declaring... |
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Imperative |
Commanding |
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Sociolect, idiolect |
Types of language |
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Topic management |
Who controls the conversation |
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False starts |
Stopping to start again |
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Hybrid |
Written and spoken language mixed |
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Interrogative |
Questioning |
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Fillers |
Erm, er, urm |
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Declarative |
Declaring... |
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Imperative |
Commanding |
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Sociolect, idiolect |
Types of language |
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Topic management |
Who controls the conversation |
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False starts |
Stopping to start again |
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Personification |
Giving things like trees human features |
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Hybrid |
Written and spoken language mixed |
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Interrogative |
Questioning |
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Fillers |
Erm, er, urm |
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Declarative |
Declaring... |
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Imperative |
Commanding |
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Sociolect, idiolect |
Types of language |
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Topic management |
Who controls the conversation |
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False starts |
Stopping to start again |
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Personification |
Giving things like trees human features |
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Semantic field |
Like builder talk |
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Hybrid |
Written and spoken language mixed |
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Backformation |
Like pornography into porn |
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Interrogative |
Questioning |
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Fillers |
Erm, er, urm |
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Declarative |
Declaring... |
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Imperative |
Commanding |
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Sociolect, idiolect |
Types of language |
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Topic management |
Who controls the conversation |
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False starts |
Stopping to start again |
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Personification |
Giving things like trees human features |
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Semantic field |
Like builder talk |
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Hybrid |
Written and spoken language mixed |
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Backformation |
Like pornography into porn |
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Colloquial |
Not formal |
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Interrogative |
Questioning |
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Fillers |
Erm, er, urm |
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Declarative |
Declaring... |
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Imperative |
Commanding |
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Sociolect, idiolect |
Types of language |
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Topic management |
Who controls the conversation |
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False starts |
Stopping to start again |
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Personification |
Giving things like trees human features |
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Semantic field |
Like builder talk |
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Hybrid |
Written and spoken language mixed |
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Backformation |
Like pornography into porn |
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Colloquial |
Not formal |
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Adjacency pairs |
Words that go together |
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Interrogative |
Questioning |
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Fillers |
Erm, er, urm |
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Declarative |
Declaring... |
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Imperative |
Commanding |
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Sociolect, idiolect |
Types of language |
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Topic management |
Who controls the conversation |
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False starts |
Stopping to start again |
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Personification |
Giving things like trees human features |
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Semantic field |
Like builder talk |
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Hybrid |
Written and spoken language mixed |
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Backformation |
Like pornography into porn |
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Colloquial |
Not formal |
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Adjacency pairs |
Words that go together |
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Tenor |
Relationship between the text and the reader |
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Interrogative |
Questioning |
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Fillers |
Erm, er, urm |
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Declarative |
Declaring... |
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Imperative |
Commanding |
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Sociolect, idiolect |
Types of language |
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Topic management |
Who controls the conversation |
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False starts |
Stopping to start again |
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Personification |
Giving things like trees human features |
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Semantic field |
Like builder talk |
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Hybrid |
Written and spoken language mixed |
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Backformation |
Like pornography into porn |
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Colloquial |
Not formal |
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Adjacency pairs |
Words that go together |
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Tenor |
Relationship between the text and the reader |
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Hyperbole |
Exaggeration |
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Interrogative |
Questioning |
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Fillers |
Erm, er, urm |
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Declarative |
Declaring... |
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Imperative |
Commanding |
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Sociolect, idiolect |
Types of language |
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Topic management |
Who controls the conversation |
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False starts |
Stopping to start again |
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Personification |
Giving things like trees human features |
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Semantic field |
Like builder talk |
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Hybrid |
Written and spoken language mixed |
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Backformation |
Like pornography into porn |
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Colloquial |
Not formal |
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Adjacency pairs |
Words that go together |
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Tenor |
Relationship between the text and the reader |
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Hyperbole |
Exaggeration |
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Active tense |
Action acting on object |
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Interrogative |
Questioning |
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Fillers |
Erm, er, urm |
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Declarative |
Declaring... |
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Imperative |
Commanding |
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Sociolect, idiolect |
Types of language |
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Topic management |
Who controls the conversation |
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False starts |
Stopping to start again |
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Personification |
Giving things like trees human features |
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Semantic field |
Like builder talk |