Modality
the level of certainty of the text or speech
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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...) |