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Noun

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Naming word (name of something)

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Verb

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Doing word (an action)

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Adjective

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Describing word (descriptor)

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Adverb

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Describes a verb (how you did something, normally ends in ‘ly’)

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Sonnet

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14 line poem

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Lyric

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Song-like poem

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Ballad

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song-like poem that tells a story

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Ode

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Poem dedicated to something

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Stanza

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Verse of a poem (paragraph)

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Quatrain

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Four line stanza

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Sestet

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A six line stanza

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Octave

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Eight line stanza

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Iambic Metre

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Short syllable, then long syllable. ....

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Trochaic Metre

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Long syllable, then short syllable. ....

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Trimeter

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Three feet per line

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Tetrameter

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Four feet per line

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Pentameter

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Five feet per line

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Rhyming Couplet

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Ending words rhyme

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Alternate Rhyme

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Every other line rhymes (ABAB)

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Envelope Rhyme

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Beginning line rhymes with end line, two lines inbetween rhyme (ABBA)

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Half Rhyme

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Words that almost rhyme but not quite

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Enjambment

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When there is no punctuation so the line flows to the next

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End-stopped line

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Line that ends with a fullstop

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Caesura

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Punctuation used to cause a pause in the line

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Simple sentence
Has only one clause
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Minor sentence
Part of a sentence
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Compound sentence
Sentence with two (or more) independent clauses
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Complex sentence
A sentence with an independent and dependent clause.
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Declarative mood
A basic statement, declares something
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Imperative mood
Gives a command
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Interrogative mood
Asks a question
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Exclamatory mood
Ends in an exclamation mark
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Syndetic listing
A list that uses conjunctions such as 'and', 'or', or 'but' (like this list)
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Asyndetic listing
A list that does not use conjunctions such as 'and', 'or', 'but' (like this one)
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Conjunction
Connects two parts of a sentence (clauses), 'and', 'or', 'but'
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Preposition
Tells you the position of something, 'under', 'near'
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Determiner
Introduces a noun, 'the', 'a', 'some', 'many'
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Concrete noun
physical object
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Abstract noun
a thing like an idea or a value, it cannot be touched.
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Proper noun
The actual name given to something, has a capital at the start
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Pronoun
Replaces a noun, 'he', 'she', 'they'
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Dynamic verb
Describes an action
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Stative verb
Describes a state of being, 'want', 'need'
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Passive verb
A verb that is in the past, 'taught', 'caught', 'washed'
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Modal verb
Additional verb for possibility of necessity, 'can', 'could'
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Premodifier
An adjective that comes before a noun, 'the *careful* driver'
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Postmodifier
An adjective that comes after a noun, 'His face was *thin*'
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Comparative adjectives
An adjective that compares things, 'bigger', 'smaller'
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Comparative adverbs
An adverb that compares things, 'less', 'more'
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Superlative adjectives
An adjective that takes the degree of comparison between things to the furthest degree, 'biggest', 'smallest'
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Superlative adverbs
An adverb that takes the degree of comparison between things to the furthest degree, 'most', 'least'
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Noun phrase
A phrase focused on a noun
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Adjectival phrase
A phrase focused on an adjective
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Adverbial phrase
A phrase focused on an adverb
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Prepositional phrase
A phrase that starts with a preposition
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Simile
Saying something is 'similar to' or 'like' something.
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Metaphor
Saying something is something else
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Personification
Saying an inanimate object is something alive.
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Alliteration
Repetitive use of consonants at the start of words
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Consonance
Repetition of consonants within words
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Assonance
Repetition of same vowel within words
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Onomatopoeia
Words that sound like what they're describing
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Sibilant
S, Sh, Z
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Plosive
P, B
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Dental
D, T
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Guttural
C, K, G
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Fricative
F, V
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Liquid
L, R
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Nasal
M, N
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Aspirant
H

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