eng lang terminology

• alliteration 


  when successive words begin with the same sound
• accent


  the way we pronounce words
• assonance 


  when words in close proximity share a vowel sound
• consonance


  when words in close proximity share a consonant sound
• homophone


  two or more words sharing the same pronunciation but have different meanings
• intonation


  the rise and fall of pitch in speech
• phonetics


  the study of the sounds used in speech and how they are pronounced
• prosody


  the rhyme, tone, intonation etc within speech
• rhythm


  the pace and musicality of a text
• elision


  omitting sounds from words/ phrases
• metonym


  a word/phrase used as a substitute for something else
• euphamism


  a polite/indirect way of talking about something embarrassing
• dysphemism


  a derogatory/ unpleasant term used instead of a pleasant one
• register


  level of formality
• superlative adjective


  expressed to the highest degree of a quality
• comparative adjective


  used to compare the differences between two objects they modify
• determiner


  refers directly to a noun
• coordinating conjunction


  links together words or phrases that are equal (fanboys)
• subordinating conjunction


  links clauses together to show one is dependent on another (because, although etc)
• pre modification


  a word that goes before a noun to add detail/clarify
• post modification


  a word that goes after a noun to add detail/clarif
• contraction


  when part of a word is omitted (don't)
• prefix


  a morpheme that becomes before a word to modify its meaning
• suffix


  a morpheme that comes after a word to modify its meaning
• deixis


  words that refer to something else which can only be understood in context
• concrete noun


  a noun that physically exists
• abstract noun


  an idea/ concept/feeling. a noun that doesnt physically exist
• preposition


  a word that conveys the location/ relationship of a noun/pronoun in relation to the rest of the clause
• dynamic verb


  a verb that shows continued/ progressive action
• stative verb


  verbs that are unchanging and describe a state of being
• complex sentence


  made up of at least one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses
• compound sentence


  made up of two or more dependent clauses
• simple sentence


  made up of one independent clause
• compound-complex sentence


  made up of two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses
• active voice


  the subject of the sentence is doing the action
• passive voice


  the subject of the sentence is conveyed as the object that is acted upon
• parataxis


  a style of writing including short, simple sentences
• syntaxis


  a styles of writing which uses long, complex senescence
• declarative sentence


  information is given
• exclamatory sentence


  emotion is conveyed, ends in !