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    This document provides a list of vocabulary terms for analyzing and describing different types of texts, including linguistic concepts like idioms, metaphors, dialects, and grammatical structures; levels of formality in language; tones and styles of language; and other categories. It includes over 50 terms divided into sections on discourse, grammar, tone/style, and other linguistic features.

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    This document provides a list of vocabulary terms for analyzing and describing different types of texts, including linguistic concepts like idioms, metaphors, dialects, and grammatical structures; levels of formality in language; tones and styles of language; and other categories. It includes over 50 terms divided into sections on discourse, grammar, tone/style, and other linguistic features.

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    Vocabulary List Analyzing and Describing Texts

    allusion
    appropriacy
    archaism
    cohesion
    colloquial / colloquialism
    connotation
    conversational
    dialect
    discourse marker
    euphemistic
    everyday discourse
    grammatical blend
    hyperbolic
    idiom / idiomatic
    lexical repetition
    marked / unmarked
    metaphorical
    multimodal
    pragmatics
    register
    semantic field
    slang
    standard English
    specific language
    vague language
    abstract
    common core
    complex
    concrete
    (more) informal
    (more) formal

    scientific vocabulary
    technical vocabulary
    etc.
    literary language
    official language
    classical language
    etc.
    simple sentence
    compound
    complex
    compound-complex
    acronym
    abbreviation
    contraction
    ellipsis

    humorous
    serious
    sarcastic
    ironic
    self-deprecating
    tongue-in-cheek
    critical
    complimentary
    black humour
    dead-pan
    dry
    matter-of-fact

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