Terminology 1

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Modality
the level of certainty of the text or speech

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TermDefinition
Modality
the level of certainty of the text or speech
denotation
the dictionary meaning of a word
connotation
the subtextual meaning of a word
lexis
the word choices of a text and their level of prestige
register
the level of formality of a text (formal, informal, etc.)
purpose
why a text was written (persuade, argue inform express, advise, instruct)
audience
for whom the text is ideally written
genre
type of text (article. letter, advertisement. news, guide, etc)
context
setting, subject, and time of the text
implicature
implied meaning of a word of phrase
attributive adjective
an adjective that comes before a noun (The RED car)
predicative adjective
an adjective that comes after a noun (the car is red)
colloquialism
an informal or slang word
clause
a unit of meaning containing a subject and a verb
conditional clause
clause that begins with "if" or "whether"
result clause
clause that begins with so, thus, or therefore
modal verb
can, could, should, might, may, must, ought
superlative
an adjective to the highest degree (best, worst, smallest..)
concrete noun
can be experienced in the real world with one or more of the five senses
abstract noun
ideas, concepts, and basically anything out of literal reach
evaluative adverb
an adverb that expresses opinion (interestingly, stupidly..)
passive voice
the thing performing the action is not the subject (The car is driven by me)
active voice
the thing performing the action is the subject of the sentence (I drive the car)
possessive determiner
my, your, his, our, their
dynamic verb
a doing word (eat, sleep, learn...)
stative verb
a being word (be, is, am, are...)