SubjectSpecificVocabulary

SubjectspecificvocabularycanmakeadifferencebetweenaCandaB.
Lookatthewordsbelowandtheirdefinition.Writeabouttheeffecton
thereader.

1. Poetry(butcanbeusedinmosttexts:newspapers,adverts,
fiction)

Word Definition Example Possible

effectonthe
reader
alliteration Twowords Cruel creatures Contains
beginningwiththe rhythm
samesound whichmakes
themessage
more
effective.
enjambment Twolinesina Icall Denotesan
stanza thatpieceof outpourof
withoutabreak wonder,now: emotions

figurative Paintingapicture Cuttingthesky

language withwords:similes, withonelong
metaphors, lineofwall.
personification
metaphors Acomparison,an thedustupon
image,without thepapereye
usingasorlike.

similes Acomparisonusing likeacave

asorlike

personification Givingsomething ..thewind

whichisnothuman stoodup
humanqualities

assonance Repetitionofvowel growsold

sounds

onomatopoeia Thesoundofthe bangcrash

wordsreflecttheir
meaning
rhyme Wordsendinginthe tall/call
samesoundintwo
 linesofapoem

Rhythm Thesoundmadeby Theircrusted

words roots
Theircratered
waves

2. Descriptionoflanguageandspecificlanguagefeatures:
Word Definition Example Effectonthe
reader
Imperative Commandverbs Givemethe Urgethereader
verbs book toact.
Rhetorical Aquestion Howwouldyou
questions aimedat feelif?
provoking
thought
Useofthe Apronoun You canmakea
personal which addresses difference
pronounyou thereader
directly.
Useofevocative Adjectives Hisfluttering
adjectives/ (elegant),verbs shapehovered
adverbs/verbs (plunged), menacinglyover
adverbs thebedroom.
(majestically),
whichpainta
goodpicturein
thereaders
mind.
Factual Language Hewasabout
language containingfacts 23yearsofage.
(thingsthatcan
beproven)
Emotive Thelanguageof Theistotally
language opinionsand barbaric,
strongemotions. murderousand
insane!
Formal posh,standard Applicantsare
language English requestedto
register.
Colloquial Slangorvery Stichthat
language informalstreet
language