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21 Cards in this Set
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What is a phrase?
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A group of words that make sense but not complete senseon their own.
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What is an example of a phrase?
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The captain of the ship has gone onboard.
Jack was found after a long search. |
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What is a sense group?
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A group of words linked together by sense that introduce a fresh idea
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What is a breath group?
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The number of sense groups that can be said on one breath.
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What is parentithisis?
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When a word, phrase or sentence is inserted as an explaination or asideinto a passage which is gramatically incomplete without it. It is usually marked by brackets, dashes or commas.
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What is an example of parantithesis?
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The No.1 Laidie's Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith:
Then, moving as slowly as she could, she eased herself into the drving seat and reached forward to turn the key. |
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What is a pause?
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When sound stops.
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What is the sense pause?
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Used in connected speech to mark the sense by indicating the end or beginning of a sense group.
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What is the emphatic pause?
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A pause for emphasis that is made before a word or phrase, after a word or phrase, or, for extra emphasis, both before and after a word or phrase.
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What is an example of the emphatic pause?
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The Ratcathcer by Roald Dahl:
"Now," he said. "Watch!" |
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What is the emotional pause?
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When the voice is suspended by the strong working of emotions. It must be used subtely or it will sound over-dramatic.
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What is an example of the emotional pause?
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Noughts and crosses by Malorie Blackman:
And even in this light, i could tell something was wrong. My arms dropped to my sides. "Callum?" |
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What is the rhythmical/metrical pause?
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A rythmical pause is used at the end of lines of verse and between stanzas toindicate the form and pattern of the verse. A ,etrical pause is used when a line of verse is shorter than the surrounding lines so that a pause is needed to balance the rythm and timing.
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What is an example of the rythmical pause?
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Black Monday Lovesong:
In love's dances, in love's dances, One retreats and one advances. One grows warmer and one colder, One more hesitant, one bolder. |
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What is the caesural pause?
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A slight pause that occurs mid-line in a verse. It is usually marked by a break in sense and sometimes punctuation.
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What is an example of the caesural pause?
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Water picture by May swenson:
The arched stone bridge is an eye, with underlid in the water. In its lens [caesural pause on full stop] dip crinkled heads with hats |
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What is the suspensory pause?
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When the last word of the first line of verse is suspended by pitch and length. It is indicated by no punctuation. When it occurs the speaker must preserve the meaning without losing the rythm or form of the verse. They must then continue onto the next line without a breath pause.
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What is an example of the suspensory pause?
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Mirage by Phillip R Rush:
And rejoice to see the lustrous sheet Of water on the horizon bare. |
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What is end-stopping?
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Where the sense and rythm in a line falls silent at the end of the line. It is often indicated by punctuation.
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What is enjambment?
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When the sense of a line of verse continues onto the next line.
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What is the difference between end-stopping and enjambment?
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They are exactly opposite to eachother.
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