Advanced English Terms

• English
• Upper Secondary (Key Stage 4)
• Further Education (Key Stage 5)
• Foundation Degree
• GCSE

Introduction

This is an advanced terms lesson - some trickier ones here that even though they are encountered less, they are still useful. They can also enhance students' writing.

Advanced English Terms

STARTER

TERMS BLAST!

Enter as many terms as you can remember - avoid duplicates!

Type in as many terms as you can!

You can use this as a way of checking student learning. 

One way would be to give them some time in pairs or small groups to discuss any terms they aren't sure of.

Get students to make note of any they aren't sure of.

Any terms you saw that you are less confident with? Answer here to ask anonymously!

Any terms you saw that you are less confident with? Ask here anonymously!

Now write your term and your own definition and example

Learning Goals

To build on existing knowledge of English Terminology

To know how to learn and apply English terminology to texts

By the end of the session you will have learned new terms and know how to use them.

The Wheel of Terms

Spin the wheel to be allocated a term (or terms) to research - find a definition and an example. Write them down.

Spin the wheels to allocate different terms for students to research and become the expert in.

Find or draw and upload an image you think best represents your term!

Find or draw and upload an image you think best represents your term! Be prepared to explain your choice and your term!

Now write your term and your own definition and example

Type in your words!

ANTANACLASIS

ANTIMETABOLE

TAUTOLOGY

HOLOPHRASIS

HOMOIOPTOTON

HYPOPHORA

A repeated order of words where the structure is inverted.

Repeating a word but getting more than one meaning out of it

Asking a question and then answering it in the next sentence

Repetition of words or ideas or words or ideas.....

Using one word to express a whole sentence

Repeating the endings of words

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ZEUGMA

SYNECDOCHE

PLEONASM

SCESIS ONOMATON

ANADIPLOSIS

HUBRIS

In drama, a character's self pride

A structurally and semantically similar list of qualities of a person or thing

Tautological words in close proximity

Ending a sentence with a word and starting the next with the same word

Getting a double meaning off the same word without repeating it, usually a verb

Using a part to represent a whole

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DUNDREARYISM

CHIASMUS

METONYM

EPANALEPSIS

ANAPHORA

CIRCUMLOCUTION

Repeating words in reverse order

Referring to something by a quality associated with it

Repeating a word at the beginning and the end of a sentence

Avoiding mentioning a particular person or thing

Starting a sentence or lines with the same word

A mixed up version of a common saying

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MISNOMER

HYPERBOLE

PARADOX

EPIZEUXIS

EPISTROPHE

TMESIS

Exaggeration for effect

A contradictory idea or statement

Repeating the same word in succession

Inserting a word in the middle of another

Repeating words at the end of the sentence or line

The wrong name 

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ANTONOMASIA

LITOTES

SYNAESTHESIA

HYPERBATON

SYMPLOCE

BATHOS

Referring to someone as a character with a particular quality e.g. a miserly person called a 'Scrooge'

A blending of different senses

Puncturing the mood with a more ordinary idea or image after a grander build up

Understatement for effect

A poetic inversion of standard word order

When anaphora and epistrophe is used

Any terms you are unsure about? Post them here anonymously!

Any terms you are unsure about? Post them here!

"This love feels I, that feel no love in this" William Shakespeare - Romeo and Juliet, Act 1 Scene 1

"This love feels I, that feel no love in this" William Shakespeare - Romeo and Juliet, Act 1 Scene 1

1. Antithesis
2. Metaphor
3. Chiasmus
4. Litotes

She left in tears and in a taxi

She left in tears and in a taxi.

1. Antonomasia
2. Zeugma
3. Bathos
4. Paradox

"Education, education, education" - Tony Blair

"Education, education, education" - Tony Blair

1. Epizeuxis
2. Anaphora
3. Epanalepsis
4. Symploce

This I must see!

This I must see!

1. Circumlocution
2. Synecdoche
3. Hyperbaton
4. Misnomer

Time and tide melt the snowman

Time and tide melt the snowman!

1. Holophrasis
2. Dundrearyism
3. Hypophora
4. Homoioptoton

"Okay."

"Okay."

1. Scesis onomaton
2. Tautology
3. Synecdoche
4. Holophrasis

"Can I pay contactless?"

"Can I pay contactless?"

1. Metonym
2. Anadiplosis
3. Synecdoche
4. Epizeuxis

"The name's Bond. James Bond."

"The name's Bond. James Bond."

1. Anaphora
2. Epistrophe
3. Symploce
4. Zeugma

"To no avail, I ate a snail"

"To no avail, I ate a snail"

1. Homoioptoton
2. Synecdoche
3. Antanaclasis
4. Hypophora

"When will this quiz be over? After this question!"

"When will this quiz be over? After this question!"

1. Hyperbaton
2. Hyperbole
3. Hypophora
4. Litotes

Exploring terminology

Anaphora, epistrophe, symploce

Zeugma

Antanaclasis

These videos add some more explanation for these terms

Using Terminology

Remember it's not enough to know terms - follow this path

Make your own glossary of terms - many students use a dedicated notebook or a technology based equivalent

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Learn examples of terms

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Learn examples - can be literature, but films and song lyrics can be surprisingly helpful! Log them in your glossary!

3

Use texts from your course or ones you find yourself. Practice finding a variety of terms in texts.

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This is the most important - you must apply your knowledge - think about how the terms work in any text. 

What effect do they have? You don't need to know every single term, but having the confidence to apply a range of terms gives you the tools to tackle texts in depth.

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Extension Work

Make your glossary

Find examples

Add examples you discover yourself

Write down something new you've learned today.

What was your favourite new term you learned in this session?

Which term are you most unsure about?

Which term are you most unsure about?

How confident do you feel using English terminology to analyse texts?

How confident are you in your understanding of similes and metaphors?

How confident do you feel using English terminology to analyse texts?

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