AICE English Language Important Terminology

Question 1

A literary device where the writer intentionally uses a word or phrase two or more times

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Repetition

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Casual conversation, everyday language

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Colloquial

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Discussing or exploring a topic while staying unbiased

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Discursive writing

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A usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident

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Anecdote

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The particular language and grammar usage appropriate to a group of people, role, or situation

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Register

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The situation or background to a text or its writer

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Context

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Not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering and representing facts

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Objective

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Refers to local language/dialect, different from standard language

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Vernacular language

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Words used in the text that relate to the subject of the text

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Field

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Based on or influenced by personal feelings, tastes, or opinions

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Subjective

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The reader/listener of a text

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Audience

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When the speaker is talking directly to the reader. Uses “he”, “she”, or “they” to recount events or share thoughts

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Third person POV

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When the writer expresses their opinion and offers explanations about an event or situation

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Commentary

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The reason the text was written

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Purpose

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Whether the text is formal or informal

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Manner

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When the speaker is talking from their perspective. Uses “I” “we” when explaining ideas, experiences, or telling a story

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First person POV

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The voice or level of feeling, closely linked to the mood created

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Tone

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Used in both spoken and written form to persuade by using figures of speech and other compositional techniques

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Rhetoric

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Refers to the way a text is organized and ordered

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Structure

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Using words to represent an idea beyond the literal meaning or without directly stating it

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Figurative language

Question 21

Whether the text is spoken or written

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Mode

Question 22

Type of writing that provides detailed information about a thing, person or experience

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Descriptive Writing

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When the writer describes a real or imaginary event, interaction, or memory and adds personal feelings to its meaning

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Reflection

Question 24

Strategies used by a writer to ensure a text is structured with features that will allow it to be followed by a reader

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Cohesion

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The name of the type of text the writer uses

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Form

AICE English Language Important Terminology

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AICE English Language Important Terminology

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