LEXIS
Prose - Best words(without a rhythm)
Poetry- The best words in the best order
Drama- Literature which is acted or spoken out loud
Literature- Any kind of writing which for some reasons or another, somebody values highly.
Context- Time and place
Grammar- Rules of english
Syntax- Order of words
Lucid- Clear
Literary Techniques- Skills used in writing(e.g: metaphors, similes etc)
Genre- A set of conventions that govern the way particular texts are written for particular purposes
Satire- A literary composition, in verse or prose, in which human folly and vice are held up to scorn, derision or ricdicule
Canon of English Literature- List of canonical books which somebody thinks are important.
Picaresque - Novels where the protagonists are bad in a loveable way.
Protagonist - Main character
Phrasal Verbs- Informal phrases that include a verb and proposition(pick u,hang up)
Colloquial- characteristics of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing
Idiosyncratic- characteristics of a specific person
Verisimilitude- Trying to be realistic
Idiolect- The language used by a single individual
Cohesion: Techniques and devises used to put parts of a text together
Archaisms- words/expressions that have disappeared from the language and are now rarely used.
Anaphoric Reference- This occurs when a word of phrase refers back to something mentioned earlier in the text.
Dialects- A form of language with distinctive features of vocabulary,grammar and punctuation.
Sociolect- A social dialect used by social groups e.g: teenagers.
Ambiguity- Ambiguous language has more than one meaning.
Oxymoron- The occurs when opposite or contradictory words or phrases are put together. e.g Bitter sweet.
Synonyms- Words that are similar in meaning, e.g: start/begin/commence, used to avoid repetition.
Antonyms- Words that are opposite in meaning, e.g- start/finish
Neologism- A new word or expression
Exophoric Reference- References to the wider situation or context, to things outside the text. Pronouns are often exophoric.
Inter-textual Reference- This occurs when a text makes an implied or explicit reference to another text.
Pun- Play on words
Register- A type of speech or writing and whether it is the appropriate form based on the type of activity or context in which the language is used.
Digress - Leave the main subject temporarily in speech or writing.
Hyperbole - Exaggeration for effect
Prose - Best words(without a rhythm)
Poetry- The best words in the best order
Drama- Literature which is acted or spoken out loud
Literature- Any kind of writing which for some reasons or another, somebody values highly.
Context- Time and place
Grammar- Rules of english
Syntax- Order of words
Lucid- Clear
Literary Techniques- Skills used in writing(e.g: metaphors, similes etc)
Genre- A set of conventions that govern the way particular texts are written for particular purposes
Satire- A literary composition, in verse or prose, in which human folly and vice are held up to scorn, derision or ricdicule
Canon of English Literature- List of canonical books which somebody thinks are important.
Picaresque - Novels where the protagonists are bad in a loveable way.
Protagonist - Main character
Phrasal Verbs- Informal phrases that include a verb and proposition(pick u,hang up)
Colloquial- characteristics of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing
Idiosyncratic- characteristics of a specific person
Verisimilitude- Trying to be realistic
Idiolect- The language used by a single individual
Cohesion: Techniques and devises used to put parts of a text together
Archaisms- words/expressions that have disappeared from the language and are now rarely used.
Anaphoric Reference- This occurs when a word of phrase refers back to something mentioned earlier in the text.
Dialects- A form of language with distinctive features of vocabulary,grammar and punctuation.
Sociolect- A social dialect used by social groups e.g: teenagers.
Ambiguity- Ambiguous language has more than one meaning.
Oxymoron- The occurs when opposite or contradictory words or phrases are put together. e.g Bitter sweet.
Synonyms- Words that are similar in meaning, e.g: start/begin/commence, used to avoid repetition.
Antonyms- Words that are opposite in meaning, e.g- start/finish
Neologism- A new word or expression
Exophoric Reference- References to the wider situation or context, to things outside the text. Pronouns are often exophoric.
Inter-textual Reference- This occurs when a text makes an implied or explicit reference to another text.
Pun- Play on words
Register- A type of speech or writing and whether it is the appropriate form based on the type of activity or context in which the language is used.
Digress - Leave the main subject temporarily in speech or writing.
Hyperbole - Exaggeration for effect