Key terms & definitions

Descriptive language that appeals to sight, hearing, smell, taste or touch.

Assessing food through the senses, including its appearance, taste, aroma and texture.

Language that evokes sight, sound, touch, taste or smell.

Language that evokes sight, sound, smell, taste or touch.

A memory store that briefly retains information received through the senses.

A nerve cell that carries electrical impulses from a sensory receptor towards the central nervous system.

A neuron that carries information from sensory receptors towards the central nervous system.

A nerve cell that carries electrical impulses from a receptor towards the central nervous system.

A neurone that carries electrical impulses from a receptor to the central nervous system.

The interpretation of information received through the senses, including a food’s appearance, aroma, taste and texture.

The characteristics of food detected by the senses, including appearance, aroma, flavour and texture.

A characteristic of food detected by the senses, such as taste, aroma, texture, colour or appearance.

An organ or cell that detects a stimulus and converts information about it into an electrical signal in the nervous system.

A specialised cell or nerve ending that detects a particular type of stimulus and leads to the production of electrical impulses.

The memory store that briefly holds information detected by the senses before attention selects some of it for short-term memory.

Language that appeals to the senses, such as sight, taste, touch or hearing.

The practice of sending urban young people or professionals to rural areas to undertake labour and political re-education.

A punishment or order imposed by a court on someone found guilty of an offence.

A punishment imposed by a court on someone who has pleaded guilty to, or been found guilty of, a criminal offence.

The marking of sentence boundaries using capital letters and appropriate end punctuation.

An incomplete sentence that lacks a main clause.

Guidance setting out the approach, starting points, ranges and relevant factors courts use when deciding sentences.

The capacity to experience sensations such as pain and pleasure.

Able to experience feelings such as pain, pleasure or distress.

A being capable of experiencing feelings, including suffering and happiness.

An appeal to tender emotions, especially through innocence, family affection, suffering or loss.

An approach that appeals strongly to tender feelings, often through innocence, family love or suffering.

Writing that appeals strongly to feelings such as affection, pity or grief.

The principle accepted in Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896 that racial segregation was lawful if separate facilities were equal. In practice, facilities for Black Americans were often inferior.

The National Party policy, developed under Hendrik Verwoerd, of assigning African ethnic groups to separate homelands and confining their political rights to those territories rather than granting equal rights in South Africa.