AICE ENGLISH LANGUAGE Exam Study Guide

Third-person point of view

Omniscient

The narrator uses third person pronouns (he/she/they). The narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of every character in the work.

Imagery

visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.

Figurative language

Writing or speech that is not intended to carry literal meaning and is usually meant to be imaginative and vivid.

Hyperbolic

With exaggeration, marked in its heavy overstatement

First-person plural point of view

the narrator is a member of a group that acts as a unit.

Formal language

Anyone of the languages that people have designed for specific purposes, such as representing mathematical ideas or computer programs

Concrete language

Language that describes specific, observable things, people, or places, rather than ideas or qualities.

Denotative language

the literal, dictionary definition of a word, emphasizing an objective tone

Connotative Language

The association that a word brings to mind

Informal language

Language most often used in casual situations and close interpersonal relationships.

Second person point of view

The narrator tells the story using the pronouns "You", "Your," and "Yours" to address a reader or listener directly

Tone

A writer's attitude toward his or her subject matter revealed through diction, figurative language, and organization on the sentence and global levels.

Connotation

All the meanings, associations, or emotions that a word suggests

Abstract Language

Language describing ideas and qualities rather than observable or specific things, people, or places.

First person singular point of view

the story unfolds through the eyes of one central character (I, me, my)

Sociolect

A language style associated with a particular social group

Short Sentences

Creates tension, haste or urgency

Periodic Sentences

a sentence that expresses the main idea at the end

Foregrounding

A change in the structure of the sentence to place emphasis on an opening sentence element

Compound Sentences

a compound sentence has two or more independent clauses. The clauses are often connected by FANBOY.

Word Order

the positioning of words in relation to one another

Loose Sentences

a sentence that is complete before its end

Declarative Sentences

sentences that make a statement

Imperative Sentences

Sentences that give direct commands to someone. Can end with a period or an exclamation point.

Exclamatory Sentences

In the English language are the sentences that attempt to powerful feelings, or emotions;

I'm leaving!

I can not wait to graduate!

Compound Complex Sentences

a sentence that contains two or more independent clauses and at least one subordinate clause

Minor Sentences

Sentences that are short and incomplete. Often give a text an informal tone.

Simple sentences

a sentence consisting of only one clause, with a single subject and predicate.

Complex Sentences

A sentence that includes one independent clause and at least one dependent clause.

Interrogative Sentences

Sentences that ask a direct question. Always ends with a question mark.