English Language and Literature Key Terms and Analysing 0.0 / 5 ? English Language & LiteratureKey wordsunseen textsA2/A-levelAQA Created by: ZoeCreated on: 29-04-14 17:27 Contraction A reduced form of a word e.g. can't instead of cannot. 1 of 18 Ellision The ommitence or slurring of one or more sounds e.g. wanna instead of want to be. 2 of 18 Ellipsis The ommision of part of grammatical structure e.g. "You going to the party?" "Might be." 3 of 18 Others to use Adjacency pairs, back channelling, discourse marker, hedge, phatic talk, tag question, turn taking, utterance. 4 of 18 Vauge language Statement that is imprecise or unassertive e.g. and so on, whatsit 5 of 18 Analysing: Overview GAP, context of production and reception. 6 of 18 Anaylsing: Purpose Transactional, referential, interactional, phatic, expressive. 7 of 18 Analysing: Lexis What kind of words does the text use? Standard or non standard english, dialect, slang, vauge language, field specific language. 8 of 18 Analysing: Types of Utterance Declarative, interrogative, imperative, exclamative. 9 of 18 Analysing: Fluency What does the speakers fluency/hesitancy show? Repitition, false starts, pauses, fillers. 10 of 18 Analysing: Theory Can you apply any theories to the text? Grice- Co-operative principle, Lakoff- Politness principle. 11 of 18 Parenthesis These (...) 12 of 18 Syntactic Parallelism Repetition of a language structure (or syntax) within a text. 13 of 18 Emollient Phrases to smooth the way, gentle and poetic. 14 of 18 Rhetorical Devices Rhetorical questions, emotive language, parallel structures, sound patterns (alliteration, sibilance) imagery, rule of 3, hyperbole, anecdote. (Basically persuasive devices) 15 of 18 Plosives P, B, non voice and voiced, agression. 16 of 18 Dramatic Irony The audience knows something that the charecters don't. 17 of 18 Specific Dramatic Effects How the audience is seeing it, what effect it has on them (play) 18 of 18
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