IB ENGLISH YR 2 - SOME KEY TERMS

Here are some key literary, rhetorical and language terms you should be familiar with when analysing a text. As continue work on paper 1 exam you should refer back to this table. You can also use the glossary on this blog. Click here to go to that page.

Literature		Rhetoric
Imagery	Phonology
Simile Metaphor - metaphorical - extended Personification Oxymoron Symbolism	Rhyme Rhythm Alliteration Assonance Onomatopoeia	Repetition Hyperbole List of three Lists Direct address Comparative pair Contrasting pair
Language
Grammar	Lexis	Register	Syntax
Nouns -Concrete -Abstract -Pronoun -Proper noun   Adjectives Verbs	Words High / low frequency   Denotation Connotation   Monosyllabic Polysyllabic   Lexical fields	Formal / Informal / technical	Sentence structures Simple Compound Complex   Declarative Interrogative Imperative Exclamative
Literary	features
Narrator	Setting	Genre	General
First person Second person Third person   Past, present, future tense   Monologue Dialogue   Subjective Objective	Location Interior Exterior   Time Season Weather Elements Senses	Poetry – free verse   Descriptive writing -Superlatives -Comparatives   Narrative – story telling   Reflective writing   Autobiography   Elegy	Conflict   Structure - dialectic - Freytag