Using Phonology

Phonological Devices

Find another person on a different table and ask your question. Check or give the answer using your question card.

You could also give your own example.

What did you learn?

Match the terms to the definitions.

Three Minutes

Plosives

Sounds that are created by a sudden release of air (like an explosion) from the mouth.

Fricatives

A sound that is created by the slow and controlled release of air through the mouth, creating friction.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWH5XubGKLA

Organise the words into fricatives and plosives.

Fish

ZooThing

VAN

Sing

CatThisDOOR

GIRLPut

Toy

Shut

Bag

Homophones

•Words that sound the same as another word e.g. their, there and they’re.

Homonyms

•Words that look the same but have different meanings. • They may sound the same or different.

A03 Phonological Effects

Analyse your slogans. What phonological devices are they using?

1. What is the product?

2. How do they represent the product?

3. List two ideas about the product?

4. How does the writer establish his view/authority?

Glastonbury Text

1. GMAP2. Mode features3. Highlight the different ideas/topics within the text.4. Highlight where the writer shows his opinion

and/or authority.5. Highlight where the writer shows awareness of the

audience: where he positions the reader.6. Lexis and graphology.7. Phonology