English key termss

Question 1

A name to describe things that have no physical qualities

Answer 1

Abstract noun

Question 2

Word that modifies noun or pronoun

Answer 2

Adjective

Question 3

To refer to something indirectly or metaphorically

Answer 3

Allusion

Question 4

Repetition of the same or similar or similar vowl sounds

Answer 4

Assonance

Question 5

Verb that precedes another verb

Answer 5

Modal verbs

Question 6

Group of words usually with a finite verb

Answer 6

Clauses

Question 7

Name that refers to a group of people, animals or things

Answer 7

Collective noun

Question 8

Commonly occurring phrase in speech

Answer 8

Comment clause

Question 9

Sentence made up of one main and one or more subordinate clauses

Answer 9

Complex sentence

Question 10

Adjective made up of two words joined by a hypen

Answer 10

Compound adjective

Question 11

Deliberately elaborate metaphor

Answer 11

Conceit

Question 12

Word that joins elements of equal rank

Answer 12

Co-ordinating conjunction

Question 13

Mood used to express statement

Answer 13

Declarative mood

Question 14

“The”

Answer 14

Definite article

Question 15

Group of words which add extra information to independent main clause

Answer 15

Dependent/subordinate clause

Question 16

Verb that expresses action rather than state

Answer 16

Dynamic verbs

Question 17

Omission of sounds in connected speech

Answer 17

Elison

Question 18

The omission part of a sentence

Answer 18

Ellipsis

Question 19

Mood that expresses strong emotions

Answer 19

Exclamatory mood

Question 20

Words used in hesitating speech

Answer 20

Fillers

Question 21

Exaggeration used to heighten feeling and intensity

Answer 21

Hyperbole

Question 22

Mood that expresses a command

Answer 22

Imperative mood

Question 23

Mood expressing a question

Answer 23

Interrogative mood

Question 24

Group of words joined together by similarities

Answer 24

Lexical set

Question 25

Term used to describe vocabulary of language

Answer 25

Lexis

Question 26

Variety that does not conform to standard form as used in society

Answer 26

Non-standard lexis

Question 27

Naming word

Answer 27

Noun

Question 28

Non-verbal communication using gestures, posture and facial expressions.

Answer 28

Paralinguistics

Question 29

Study of sound

Answer 29

Phonolgy

Question 30

Use of pitch, volume, pace and rhythm to draw attention to key elements of spoken language.

Answer 30

Prosodic features

Question 31

Words that emphasize extremes

Answer 31

Superlactive

Question 32

Stretch of spoken language used instead of 'sentence' in spoken language

Answer 32

Utterance

Question 33

The words used to name or refer to people when talking to them

Answer 33

Vocatives

Question 34

I, we, our, us

Answer 34

First person pronoun

Question 35

You

Answer 35

Second person pronoun

Question 36

My, mine,our, your, his ,hers

Answer 36

Possessive pronoun

Question 37

Words of one syllable

Answer 37

Monosyllables

Question 38

Level of formality in text

Answer 38

Register

Question 39

Informal language use e.g. naw

Answer 39

Colloquialism

Question 40

Way words form sentences (ordering to create meaning)

Answer 40

Syntax

Question 41

Meaning of words

Answer 41

Semantics

Question 42

One word that has multiple meanings

Answer 42

Homonym

Question 43

Figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa

Answer 43

Synecdoche

Question 44

An utterance and response that often go together

Answer 44

Adjacency pairs

Question 45

Structure of a text

Answer 45

Discourse structure

Question 46

Words that sound like they're describing e.g. hiss, crash, bang

Answer 46

Onomatopoeia

Question 47

oh

Answer 47

interjection

Question 48

When there are conjunctions between each item, usually to stress that each item has equal importance

Answer 48

Polysyndetic listing

Question 49

When there are no conjunctions between the items

Answer 49

Asyndetic listing

Question 50

Come before main verbs: be, do and have

Answer 50

Auxiliary verbs

Question 51

Auxiliary verb expressing necessity or possibility

Answer 51

Modal verb

Question 52

Word representing mental process

Answer 52

Stative verb

Question 53

This, that, those (referring to something)

Answer 53

Demonstrative pronoun

Question 54

Human described like an animal e.g. "Squak"

Answer 54

Zoomorphism

Question 55

Asks question and then immediately answers it

Answer 55

Hyperphora

Question 56

When utterances in line continues to next

Answer 56

Caesura