English Lit and Lang terminology

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English Lit and Lang terminology
  1. NOUNS
    1. Common Noun- a naming word for a thing that is tangible
      1. book, chair, man, penguin, murderer etc...
      2. Abstract noun- a naming word for an idea, concept or belief
        1. love, tidiness, politics etc
        2. Proper noun- a naming word for a specific example of a COMMON noun
          1. Eiffel Tower, Christina, Burnely
        3. VERBS
          1. Dynamic verb- a word that represents a physical action
            1. jump, run, kill, stop, kiss etc
            2. Stative verb- a word that represents a process that happens mentaly
              1. think, loves, believe, to fear
              2. AUXILIARY verb- a verb that has to be used with another verb, in order to create present or future tense
                1. DID you go? I AM going
                2. Modal verb- an auxiliary verb that shows a degree of posibility
                  1. might , could, must may should
                3. PRONOUNS
                  1. First person pronoun - "I"
                    1. First person PLURAL- WE, OUR, US
                    2. Second person pronoun- "you"
                      1. Third person pronoun- him, her, he, she, it.
                        1. Third person PLURAL- THEM, THOSE
                        2. *POSSESSIVE pronoun (1st, 2nd, 3rd)- my, mine, hers, his, ours, yours, and theirs
                          1. *DEMONSTRATIVE pronoun- this, that, those
                          2. SENTENCE MOOD/TYPE
                            1. IIMPERATIVE sentence mood/type- when a sentence uses a command.
                              1. DECLARATIVE sentence mood/type- when a sentence is making a statement.
                                1. EXCLAMATORY sentence mood/type- when a sentence conveys a strong sense of emotion, sense of alarm or overly strong emphasis.
                                2. ADJECTIVE - a describing word
                                  1. SUPERLATIVE - an adjective that displays the most extreme value of its quality ually end in 'est'
                                    1. most, biggest, smallest, worst, furthest, quietest.
                                    2. COMPARATIVE- an adjective that relates one thing in some way to another usually end in 'er'
                                      1. bigger, smaller,further,farther etc
                                    3. ADVERB- a describing word that modifies all types of words
                                      1. time adverbials
                                      2. DEFINITE article "the"
                                        1. INDEFINITE article- "a" or "an"
                                        2. MONOSYLLABIC Lexis- words of one syllable
                                          1. POLYSYLLABIC Lexis- words of two+ syllables
                                          2. REGISTER - the level of formality of a text
                                            1. TENOR- the tone, or the relationship between author and reader, and how its created
                                              1. COLLOQUIALISM- informal language usage
                                                1. EXCLAMATION- one word with an exclamation mark (!)
                                                  1. ELLIPSIS- (...) significant pause
                                                    1. SYNTAX- the way words form sentences ( the ordering of them to create meaning
                                                      1. PARENTHESIS- an aside within a text by sectioning off extra info between brackets dashes or between commas
                                                        1. HYPOPHORIA- when a rhetorical question is immediately followed by an answer in a text
                                                          1. is this the best film? you bet it is!
                                                          2. LITOTES- Deliberately understatement of things or effects
                                                            1. PARALLELISM/PATTERNING- the creations of patterns in a text through a repetition of words or phrases(phonological parallelism) or by balancing meanings (semantic parallelism) for a deliberate effect
                                                              1. TRICOLON/TRIPLING- a repetition in groups of threes (adds sense of momentum)
                                                                1. PRE-MODIFICATION - When a descriptive word comes before the thing they are desccribing
                                                                  1. POST-MODIFICATION- when the descriptive word comes after the thing they are describing
                                                                  2. SYNECHDOCHE- a figure of speech that is made to represent the whole vice versa
                                                                    1. a new set of wheel or behind bars
                                                                      1. EXTENDED METAPHOR- when a metaphor continues throughout a text, with continuous reference to compared item.
                                                                        1. HOMEIC/EPIC SIMILE- a Metaphor that is also treated a s simile
                                                                      2. ALLUSION- refering to something metaphoriclally
                                                                        1. FIELD SPECIFIC LEXIS- a LANGUAGE OF A CERTAIN AREA FSL for computer = mouse, monitor, gigabyte etc
                                                                          1. SEMANTICS- the meaning of words
                                                                            1. SYNONYM- an alternative word choice.
                                                                              1. synonym for horror= fright
                                                                              2. HOMOPHONE- WORDS THAT SOUND EXACTLY THE SAME NEW KNEW NO KNOW
                                                                                1. NEW KNEW, NO KNOW, THEIR THEIR THEY'RE
                                                                                  1. HOMONYM- WORD WITH VARIOUS MEANINGS COOL , GREAT, HEAVY
                                                                                  2. COLLOCATIONS - words that naturally go together (fish&chips)
                                                                                    1. PHONOLOGICAL FEATURES -any feauture that relates to sound REPETITION/ ALLITERATION/CONSONACE
                                                                                      1. EXPOSITION- writer gets across info about the situation of the charecter
                                                                                        1. PROTAGONIST - MIN CHARACTER THE READER IS MEANT TO IDENTIFY WITH THE MOST
                                                                                          1. ANTAGONIST- THE ONE THAT OPPOSES THE PROTAGONIST
                                                                                          2. ANTHROPOMORPHISM- ANIMAL TAKES ROLE OF A HUMAN BEING (WEARING CLOTHES SPEAKING A LANGUAGE ETC
                                                                                            1. NEOLOGISM- A NEWLY INVENTED WORD
                                                                                              1. EUPHEMISM- THE POLITE WAY OF SAYING SOMETHING INAPPROPREIATE
                                                                                                1. DYSPHEMISM- extreme way of saying something
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