AICE ENGLISH LANGUAGE Exam Study Guide Graded A+

Third-person point of view Omniscient - Answer-The narrator uses third person pronouns (he/she/they). The narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of every character in the work. Imagery - Answer-visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work. Figurative language - Answer-Writing or speech that is not intended to carry literal meaning and is usually meant to be imaginative and vivid. Hyperbolic - Answer-With exaggeration, marked in its heavy overstatement First-person plural point of view - Answer-the narrator is a member of a group that acts as a unit. Formal language - Answer-Anyone of the languages that people have designed for specific purposes, such as representing mathematical ideas or computer programs Concrete language - Answer-Language that describes specific, observable things, people, or places, rather than ideas or qualities. Denotative language - Answer-the literal, dictionary definition of a word, emphasizing an objective tone Connotative Language - Answer-The association that a word brings to mind Informal language - Answer-Language most often used in casual situations and close interpersonal relationships. Second person point of view - Answer-The narrator tells the story using the pronouns "You", "Your," and "Yours" to address a reader or listener directlyTone - Answer-A writer's attitude toward his or her subject matter revealed through diction, figurative language, and organization on the sentence and global levels. Connotation - Answer-All the meanings, associations, or emotions that a word suggests Abstract Language - Answer-Language describing ideas and qualities rather than observable or specific things, people, or places. First person singular point of view - Answer-the story unfolds through the eyes of one central character (I, me, my) Sociolect - Answer-A language style associated with a particular social group Short Sentences - Answer-Creates tension, haste or urgency Periodic Sentences - Answer-a sentence that expresses the main idea at the end Foregrounding - Answer-A change in the structure of the sentence to place emphasis on an opening sentence element Compound Sentences - Answer-a compound sentence has two or more independent clauses. The clauses are often connected by FANBOY.