Litotes - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

ILTS 207 ELA Content Exam Elaboration [100% PASS] /verified/ tone *Ans* the writer's attitude toward or feelings about the subject matter and audience. AUTHOR FEELS close reading *Ans* describes the careful, sustained interpretation of a brief passage of a text= up close look at literature inference *Ans* steps in reasoning, moving from premises to conclusions or using observation and background to reach logical conclusion= use to find intended meaning symbols *Ans* sign that repres...

Dramatic Literary Terms Act, Antagonist, Protagonist, Aside, Catharsis, Static Character, Dynamic Character, Stock Character, Flat Character, Round Character, Climax, Exposition, Rising Action, Falling Action, Comic Relief, Denouement, Deus ex machina, Farces, Foil, Hamartia, Hubris, Monologue, Soliloquy, Comedy, Tragedy Act a series of scenes in a play Antagonist "Villan", person opposing the protagonist Protagonist "Good Guy", opposite of the antagonist Asid...

This document provides detailed descriptions of literary devices such as sound devices, figures of speech (antithesis, pun, irony, paradox, oxymoron etc.) and figures of speech based on associated ideas (litotes, synecdoche, transferred epithet etc.) There are also exercises included. Perfect for grade 10 - 12 English Home Language Paper 1

Praxis 5038 (2023/2024) Already Graded A Prose Poetry a rhythmic, image-laden, figurative and narrative form Haiku 3-line, unrhyming poem Epic poetry lengthy, narrative featuring heroic deeds Double rhyme feminine rhyme involving one stressed and one unstressed syllable Slant rhyme similar but not identical sounds Feminine rhyme rhyme between stressed syllables followed by one or more unstressed syllables Exact rhyme repetition of the same stressed vowel sound writing log records events o...

Graphology - ANS > The writing system and the presentation of language Phonetics, phonology and prosody - ANS > Speech sounds, sound effects and intonation Morphology - ANS > The structure of words Lexis - ANS > The vocabulary of a language Semantics - ANS > The meaning of the vocabulary Syntax - ANS > The relationships between words in sentences Mode - ANS > The method of communication Field - ANS > The subject matter Func...

meiosis Definition 1. a figure of speech that is saying less than what is truly meant (understatement) 2. sometimes used as another word for litotes 3. in biology, a process of cell division (two nuclear divisions in rapid succession) in sexually reproducing organisms resulting in forming four gametocytes with half the number of chromosomes of the somatic cells Sentences 1. In Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, In Act II, scene i, when Mercutio describes his mortal wound as "not so deep a...

Level 3 NCEA English Language Features Questions and Answers 2023 assonance repetition of vowel sounds within words bathos or anticlimax in descending order, to spoil the effect of climax contractions shortening of words in informal speech and writing eg can't cliche a well worn or stereotyped expression circumlocution using more words than necessary colloquialism a word or phrase used in speech but not dignified by formal writing or speech compo...

allegory using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning alliteration the repetition of sounds, especially initial consonant sounds in 2+ neighboring words 00:03 01:17 allusion a direct/indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known ambiguity having multiple meaning, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence or passage analogy a similarity or com...

Edexcel A level English Language Terminology Graphology - Answer-The writing system and the presentation of language Phonetics, phonology and prosody - Answer-Speech sounds, sound effects and intonation Morphology - Answer-The structure of words Lexis - Answer-The vocabulary of a language Semantics - Answer-The meaning of the vocabulary Syntax - Answer-The relationships between words in sentences Mode - Answer-The method of communication Field - Answer-The subject matter...

Allusion - Correct Answer A reference to another work of literature, person, or event Antithesis - Correct Answer the direct opposite, a sharp contrast Litotes - Correct Answer understatement innuendo - Correct Answer a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference Synecdoche - Correct Answer A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole (as hand for sailor), the whole for a part (as the law for police officer), the specific for the general (as cutthroat for assassin), the gener...