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Statement

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Provides information.

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Question

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Requires an answer

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Command

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An instruction

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Exclamation

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Conveys emotions, usually ends in exclamation mark.

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Simple sentence

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Stands alone and contains one finite verb.

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Compound sentence

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Two or more simple sentences joined by conjunctions.

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Complex sentence

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Contains a main clause and one or more subordinate clauses.

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Compound complex sentence

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A combination of compound and complex sentences

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Loose sentence

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The main clause appears at the beginning of the sentence.

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Periodic sentence

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The main clause appears at the end of the sentence.

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Slang

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Words which are used in informal talk and are not usually written down. They are particular to a group of people and
not understood by those outside of the group.

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Colloquial language

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Informal words that were slang but have become universal and accepted. May also be idioms.

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Standard English

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Proper formal English.

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Jargon

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Words which are particular to a certain profession, trade or
any exclusive group.

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Synonyms

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Words which are similar in meaning.

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Antonyms

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Words which are opposite in meaning.

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17
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Cliché

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Very well-known and overused expression

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Spoonerism

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When the first letter of a word is swapped with the first letter of another word.

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Malapropism

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sing the incorrect word which sounds similar to the correct word.

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Pun

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A play on words /one word has more than one meaning.

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Satire

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To ridicule an important issue or ideology in order to present a truth.

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Irony

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To say something, but to mean the opposite.

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Sarcasm

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To say something but mean the opposite - always nasty and usually not very clever.

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Rhetorical question

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A question that does not require an answer; it is a statement.

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Wit

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To use irony or humour in a clever way.

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Simile

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Comparison using like or as.

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Metaphor

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Comparison by calling something by another name.

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28
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Personification

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Giving non-human things, human qualities.

29
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Assonance

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Repetition of vowels.

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Alliteration

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Repetition of consonants.

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Onomatopoeia

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Giving the exact sound of something.

32
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Euphemism

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Saying something harsh in a much softer way.

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Hyperbole

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Gross exaggeration.

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Innuendo

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Implying something, rather than saying it out straight.

35
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Proper noun

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The name of unique objects, places and people; always begins with a capital letter.

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Common noun

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The name of everyday objects that can be recognized by our five senses. Never have a capital letter.

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Collective noun

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The name of groups of nouns.

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Abstract noun

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The name of abstract or intangible nouns. Very often are feelings.

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Adjectives

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describe the noun.

40
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Give examples of adjectives

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Descriptive, demonstrative, possessive, interrogative, numerical, indefinite and the articles.

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Definite article

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The

42
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Indefinite article

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a, an.

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Verbs

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Show action or a state of being.

44
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Finite verbs

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subject, number and tense

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Non-finite verbs

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Auxiliary verbs (help), Present participles, Past participles, Infinitives (to be)

46
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Gerund

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Verbal noun

47
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Gerundive

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Verbal adjective.

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Transitive verbs

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The action is carried over to the object.

49
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How to identify transitive verb

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That is, an object follows the verb directly.

50
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Intransitive verbs

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The verb has no object or as an indirect object.

51
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How to identify an intransitive verb

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A pronoun appears between the verb and the object.

52
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Linking verb

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connects the nouns or noun phrases. One implies the other.

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Pronouns

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Stand in the place of a noun.

54
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Name the different types of pronouns

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Personal, relative, demonstrative, interrogative, possessive, reflexive, and indefinite.

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Conjunctions

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Join words, phrases or sentences.

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Prepositions

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Show position and the relationship between nouns.

57
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Adverbs

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Add to the verb and answer the question when? where? and how?

58
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Name the different types of adverbs

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Manner, place, time, reason, negation, degree.

59
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Interjections

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Interrupt the sentence and have no grammatical value.

60
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A phrase

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Is a group of words functioning as a part of speech but does not contain a finite verb.

61
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An adjectival phrase

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Begins with either a preposition or a participle and functions as an adjective.

62
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An adverbial phrase

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Begins with a preposition, functions as an adverb, and qualifies the verb in terms of manner, reason, time or place.

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A clause

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Is either a main clause or a subordinate clause.

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A main clause

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The main idea in the sentence.

65
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subordinate clause

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functions as a part of speech. Both must contain finite verbs.

66
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An adjectival clause

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Always begins with a relative pronoun (who, whose, whom, which or that) and functions as an adjective.

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An adverbial clause

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Always begins with a conjunction and qualifies the verb in terms of manner, reason, time or place.

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