IB ENG SL YR 1 - ORAL COMMENTARY - A MUST KNOW LIST OF TERMS

Below is a table of different analytical frameworks we have used over the year and you should be able to use in the oral commentary. If you are unclear about the meaning of these terms you should check out the glossary on this blog. Click here for a link to it. Or put the term into google to define the term and find examples.

Grammar	Syntax	Lexis	Register	Rhetoric	Literary
adjectives – comparative, superlative nouns – abstract, concrete, etc.  verbs, adverbs, adverbials, definite and indefinite articles	declaratives, imperatives, exclamatives, interrogatives, simple, compound complex	high and low frequency lexis, connotations, denotations, lexical fields, monosyllabic, polysyllabic	formal, informal, colloquial, idiolect, slang, contractions	repetition, list of 3, direct address, contrasting pairs	metaphor, simile, personification, symbolism, assonance onomatopoeia, alliteration rhyme
the functions of words within a sentence	sentence structures and sentence functions	vocabulary - words, their meanings, associations, simple and complex, grouped words	The relationship between text and reader / audience / other characters	persausive language techniques	artistic analysis of language -uses both mental images - imagery and sound techniques - phonology