Lexis & Semantics Terminology for AS English Language

The literal, dictionary definition meaning of a word

• denotation

• connotation

Polysemic means:

• an opposite

• exaggeration

• ambiguous

• understatement

Metaphors use concrete, familiar things to explain abstract or complex ideas

• true

• false

What do we call a dead metaphor that have been made meaningless by overuse?

• synonym

• litotes

• cliché

• collocation

An idiom can be translated word for word into a foreign language and still make sense

• true

• false

Choose the commonest collocate for 'break the..'

• vase

• window

• law

• egg

a words that has a similar meaning to another

• synonym

• antonym

• euphemism

• dysphemism

'He's no spring chicken!' is an example of

• hyperbole

• litotes

• antonym

'downsizing the workforce' is an example of

• hyperbole

• euphemism

• antonym

'Santa's helpers are subordinate clauses' is an example of

• hyperbole

• litotes

• euphemism

• pun