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Abstract noun

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A naming word for an idea, concept, state of belief e.g. Sadness, love, Marxism

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Proper noun

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A naming word for a specific example of a common noun (names of places or people) e.g. Bob, Eiffel Tower, Droitwhich

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Verb

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A word that represents an action or process: in simple terms a ‘doing’ word

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Active verb

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A word that represent a physical action e.g. Jump, run, kill

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Stative verb

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A word that represents a process that is often only mental e.g. Think, ponder, believe

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Auxiliary verb

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A verb that has to be used with another verb in order to create present participle or the future tense e.g. “DID you go?” “I AM going” “you WILL go”

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Modal verb

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An auxiliary verb that expresses a degree of either possibility or necessity

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Adjective

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A describing word

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Adverb

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A describing word that modifies all types of words, excluding nouns

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Superlative

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An adjective that displays the most extreme value of its quality e.g. Most, biggest, smallest, worst, zaniest

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Comparative

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An adjective that relates one thing in some way to another and usually ends in ‘-er’ e.g. Bigger, smaller, quieter, zanier

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Definitive article

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The

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Indefinitive article

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The

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Pronoun

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A word that takes the place of a noun in a sentence e.g. Him, her, it , I, she, you, me

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Firsts person pronoun

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I

And the first person plural: we, ours, us

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Second person prounoun

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You

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Third person pronoun

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Him, her, he, she, it

Plural: them, those

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Possessive pronoun

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My, mine, our, your, his, hers, theirs

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Demonstrative pronoun

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This, that, those

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Monosyllabic lexis

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Word of one syllable

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Polysyllabic lexis

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A word of two or more syllables

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Imperative sentence mood

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A sentence issuing a command

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Declarative sentence mood

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When a sentence is making a statement

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Interrogative sentence mood

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When a sentence is asking A question

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Exclamatory sentence mood
When a sentence conveys a strong sense of emotion, sense of alarm or overly strong emphasis "!"
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Register
The level of formality of a text
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Tenor
The tone, or the relationship between the author and reader and how it is created
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Attitudes
The opinions expressed in the text
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Content
What the text is about
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Context
Things outside the text which may shape it's meaning e.g. When it was written, who wrote it
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Form
The structure and shape of a text
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Themes
Recurring ideas and images in the text
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Colloquialisms
Informal language usage, e.g. Bloke, fella, lass
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Exclamation
A one word (minor sentence) with an exclamation mark at the end
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Ellipsis
When parts of a written structure are missing | ...
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Syntax
The way words form sent ended | Ordering of them to create meaning
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Parenthesis
An aside within a text created by section into off extra information between brackets, dashes, between two commas
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Rhetoric question
A question designed not to be answered
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Hypophora
What a rhetoric question is immediately followed by an answer in the text, e.g. "Is this the best film ever? You bet it is!"
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Litotes
Deliberate downplaying for effect
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Parallelisms
A creation of patterns in a text, through repetition of words or phrases or by balancing out meanings doe deliberate effect
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Repetition
The repetition of words or phrases
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Tripling/tricolon
Grouping in the threes either through repetition or through structure
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Imagery
A descriptive or metaphorical use of language to create a vivid picture
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Pre - modification
A descriptive technique where the descriptive words come before the thing they are describing
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Post - modification
a descriptive technique where the the describing words come after the thing they are describing
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Metaphor
A comparison that states something is actually something else
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Simile
A comparison that something is "like" or "as" something else
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Synecdoche
A metaphor that gates that something is only a small constituent part of itself, even though we commonly understand otherwise, e.g "a new set of wheels" (car) "he's behind bars" (prison)
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Analogy
Explaining something in terms of something else
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Allusion
to refer to something indirectly or metaphorically
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Pathetic fallacy
When the environment or weather mirrors emotion
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Personification
A define in which the non - human is given personal and human qualities, e.g. The tree danced in the wind
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Extended metaphor
When a metaphor continues through a text with recurring references to the compared item
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Homeric/ epic simile
Extended simile
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Symbolism
Using figurative and metaphoric language, items or incident in a way that means that certain things represent other things, e.g. Red can represent anger
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Lexis
Another word for 'word'
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Lexical set
A group of words with the same topic, function or form
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Semantics
The meaning of words
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Synonyms
An alternative word choice that has the same or very similar meaning
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Homophone
Different words that sound exactly the same when said out loud, e.g. They're, their, there
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Homonym
When one word has multiple meanings, e.g. Cool can mean coldness or 'cool dude'
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Archaism
A word that over time has fallen out of common usage
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Juxtaposition
The placing together of elements with contrasting effect
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Antithesis
When ideas contrast or oppose one another; a semantic contrast in a text
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Binary opposites
Elements of a text that hold opposite ends of a notional scale, e.g. Hot/cold
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Oxymoron
The use of apparently contradictory words in a phrase, e.g. Hot ice
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Collocations
Words that through usage just naturally go together, e.g. Fish and chips
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Asyndetic listing
Listing without connectives
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Phonological features
Any decides used that relate to sound, e.g. Alliteration, repetition
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Onomatomatopoeia
When a word is spelled exactly how it sounds, e.g. Boom
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Consonance
The repetition of double consonants in the middle of words, e.g. I better buy more butter
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Assonance
The repetition of vowel sounds
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Alliteration
Repetition of the same sound within the same text
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Common noun
A word for a thing that is tangible e.g. Chair, table, penguin

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