English Language A Level terminology
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1). Asyndetic listing
Ans: no conjunctions between each item
2). Polysyndetic listing
Ans: repeated conjunctions between each item
3). Syndetic listing
Ans: conjunctions
4). Anaphora
Ans: repetition of a word or words at the beginning of successive clauses
5). Parataxis
Ans: the placing of related clauses in a series without the use of connecting words
6). Hypotaxis
Ans: subordinate clauses - makes focus clear
7). Anaphoric reference
Ans: refers back to previous word in text
- requires knowledge of implicatures, need to know the antecedent of pronoun, for
example
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, 8). Cataphoric reference
Ans: refers forwards to word later in text
9). Endophoric
Ans: refers to word within the text
10). Exophoric
Ans: refers to something outside the text, extralinguistic
11). Inflectional suffix
Ans: changes no., tense, or degree
12). Derivational suffix
Ans: changes meaning of word or word class
13). Antanaclasis
Ans: rhetorical device in which a word is repeated in a sentence with different
meanings
14). Epizeuxis
Ans: same word or phrase repeated in a succession in the same sentence/line
15). Diphthong
Ans: a vowel sound that is the combination of two separate sounds
16). Hypernym
Ans: words that label categories
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% VERIFIED A+
GUARANTEED
1). Asyndetic listing
Ans: no conjunctions between each item
2). Polysyndetic listing
Ans: repeated conjunctions between each item
3). Syndetic listing
Ans: conjunctions
4). Anaphora
Ans: repetition of a word or words at the beginning of successive clauses
5). Parataxis
Ans: the placing of related clauses in a series without the use of connecting words
6). Hypotaxis
Ans: subordinate clauses - makes focus clear
7). Anaphoric reference
Ans: refers back to previous word in text
- requires knowledge of implicatures, need to know the antecedent of pronoun, for
example
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, 8). Cataphoric reference
Ans: refers forwards to word later in text
9). Endophoric
Ans: refers to word within the text
10). Exophoric
Ans: refers to something outside the text, extralinguistic
11). Inflectional suffix
Ans: changes no., tense, or degree
12). Derivational suffix
Ans: changes meaning of word or word class
13). Antanaclasis
Ans: rhetorical device in which a word is repeated in a sentence with different
meanings
14). Epizeuxis
Ans: same word or phrase repeated in a succession in the same sentence/line
15). Diphthong
Ans: a vowel sound that is the combination of two separate sounds
16). Hypernym
Ans: words that label categories
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