EL U3 AoS1 - Informal Language (Hurdle 1)

What functions are typical for an informal text? (Two correct answers)

• Entertainment

• Inform

• Instruction

• Build Rapport

• Ceremony

RACORA is the acronym used for what type of patterning?

• Morphological Patterning

• Semantic Patterning

• Phonological Patterning

• Syntactic Patterning

Alliteration, consonance and assonance all involve a repetition of sounds either of consonants or vowels. Choose the example of assonance below.

• "A sailor went to sea, sea, sea".

• "I was running to find my funny sunnies".

• "Peter picked a peck of pickled peppers"

• "The rain in spain falls mainly on the plain"

BA6SINBAD is the acronym for Morphological patterning and Word formation processes.

'Fridge' and 'exam' are examples of what feature?

• Initialism

• Shortening

• Creative Word Formation

• Archaisms

There are two types of Lexical Patterning:

(a)  

Parallelism is when two or more phrases, clauses or sentences are structurally similar and appear near each other in order to raise the discourse's appeal. What patterning is this?

• Semantic

• Phonological

• Syntactic

• Gingham

Provide an example of Antithesis.

MAILPOPS is the acronym we use for semantic patterning. What features are found within this?

Lead Balloon.

• Pun

• Oxymoron

• Simile

• Metaphor

This feature encapsulates the natural occurrence between comfortable speakers where one easily yields the floor to another without having to cease talking.

• Interrogative Tags

• Adjacency Pairs

• Closing

• Overlapping Speech