Glossary

Question 1

Adverb

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A word that gives more information about a verb.

Question 2

Give an example of an adverb

Answer 2

Slowly, carefully

Question 3

Adverbial

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An element in a sentence which usually indicates when, where or how something happened.

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Alliteration

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When two or more words being with the same sound.

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Ambiguity

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Having more than one possible meaning.

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Anaphoric reference

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A reference back to something mentioned earlier in the text.

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Antithesis

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When words, ideas etc. are directly opposite in meaning.

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Archaism

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A word or expression that has fallen out of use.

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Assonance

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The rhyming of vowel sounds within two or more words.

Question 10

Asyndetic listing

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List that does not use conjunctions

Question 11

Auxiliary verb

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A helping verb placed in front of a main verb.

Question 12

Give an example of an auxiliary verb

Answer 12

I will see you - will being the auxiliary verb.

Question 13

Blank verse

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Unrhymed poetry based on the iambic pentameter.

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Cataphoric reference

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A reference forward to something mentioned later in the text.

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Cohesion

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The techniques used to link together different parts of the text.

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Comparative

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An adjective that makes a comparison.

Question 17

Give an example of a comparative

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Bigger, worse, better

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Complex sentence

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A sentence with a main clause and one or more subordinate clauses.

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Compound sentence

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Two simple sentences combined to form a single sentence by the use of a co-ordination conjunction.

Question 20

Conjunction

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A word that joins together parts of a sentence

Question 21

Give an example of a conjunction

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And, but, so etc.

Question 22

Declarative sentence

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A sentence that makes a statement or gives information.

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Denotation

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The straightforward, objective dictionary meaning of a word.

Question 24

Determiner

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A word placed in front of a noun to indicate quantity or identify the noun in some way.

Question 25

Give an example of a determiner

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a, an and the

Question 26

Dramatic irony

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When something said by a character has an additional meaning or significance, apparent to the audience but not to the character.

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Emotive language

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Language intended to produce an emotional response in the reader or listener.

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Enjambment

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When the sense of one line continues into the next text, and the end of the first line has no punctuation mark.

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Exclamatory sentence

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An empathetic sentence ending in an exclamation mark.

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Foregrounding

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Using word order to highlight part of a sentence.

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Hyperbole

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Intentional exaggeration

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Iambic pentameter

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A poetic metre in which a line has five pairs of syllables, with the stress falling on the second syllable in each pair.

Question 33

Imagery

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Any aspect of a text that appeals to the readers senses.

Question 34

Imperative sentence

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A sentence that gives command or instruction.

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Intensifier

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A word that increases or decreases the strength of another word.

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Interrogative sentence

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A sentence that asks a question.

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Intonation

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Tone of voice

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Irony

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Saying the opposite of what is meant. Or an event having consequences that are the opposite of those expected or intended.

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Monosyllabic

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Having one syllable.

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Neologism

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A new word or expression.

Question 41

Omniscient narrator

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In prose fiction, an ‘all seeing, all knowing’ narrator.

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Parallelism

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When parts of sentences (or complete sentences) have a similar pattern or structure.

Question 43

Passive voice

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Using a verb in a way that emphasises the object of an action rather than the person or thing performing the action.

Question 44

Give an example of passive voice

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The man was questioned by the police, instead of, the police questioned the man.

Question 45

Persona

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A narrator who is a character created by the author.

Question 46

Polysyllabic

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Having three or more syllables.

Question 47

Post-modifiers

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Words that follow other words or phrases, giving us more information.

Question 48

Give an example of a post-modifier.

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The house across the road - across the road being the post-modifier.

Question 49

Pre-modifiers

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Words placed in front of other words or phrases, giving us more information.

Question 50

Give an example of a pre-modifier.

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The bright red door - bright red being the pre-modifier

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Preposition

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A word that indicates how one thing is related to something else .

Question 52

Give an example of preposition.

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The book is on the table - on being the preposition.

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Pun

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A numerous play on words, dependent on a word or phrase having a double meaning.

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Sibilance

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The repetition of s, soft c, sh and z sounds.

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Simple sentence

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A sentence that has one clause

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Subordinate clause

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A clause in a sentence that is of less importance than the main clause, and which cannot stand on it’s own and make sense.

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Superlative

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An adjective meaning ‘the most’ of something

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Syndetic listing

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A list with one or more conjunctions

Question 59

Syntax

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An aspect of grammar, referring to the way in chichi words are put together to form sentences.