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Green Sheet #2
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English
11th Grade
11/02/2009

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non-standard
Definition
language deficient in some form or manner
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vulgarity
Definition
language deficient in taste and refinement, coarse, base
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slang
Definition
vernacular language sometimes humorous, exxagerated, or shortened for effect
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colloquial
Definition
regional language, differing in usuage, connotation, pronunciation, accepted in informal conversation
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jargon
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language specific to a field or profession
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cliche
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figurative language used so often it has lost its freshness and clarity
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informal/standard
Definition
language grammatically correct, but conversational
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formal (literate)
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language appropriate for more formal occasions, often more abstract
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subjective
Definition
language personal, emotional, bias
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objective
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language impersonal, unemotional, unbiased
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connotative
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language with suggested emotional meaning
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denotative
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language with exact meaning
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figurative
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comparitive language for a pictorial effect
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literal
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accurate language without embellishment
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cacophonous
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harsh sounding
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euphonious
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pleasant sounding
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assonance
Definition
repetition of similar vowel sound in closely associative words (rhyme)
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consonance
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repetition of similar consonant sounds in closely associative works
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alliteration
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repetition of initial consonant sound in closely associative words
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active
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states action
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passive
Definition
progress was made by students
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concrete
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language specific, tangible
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abstract
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language that is conceptual, philosophical
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hyperbole
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language deliberate misrepresenting as more
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understated
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language deliberate misrepresenting as less
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pedestrian
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language of common layman
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pedantic
Definition
language inflated to display importance
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