Language Methods 2.0 Flashcards

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Using sight, sound, smell, touch and taste.

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Sensory.

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2
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A sentence that clearly states something.

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Statement.

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3
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A sentence that asks something, ending with ?

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Question.

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4
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A sentence that shows emotion, ending with !.

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Exclamation.

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5
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A sentence that tells someone to do something.

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Command.

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A word that shows the highest level of a skill or quality, e.g. ‘best’, ‘greatest’, ‘strongest’, ‘worst’.

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Superlative.

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7
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A verb that gives a command.

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Imperative verb.

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A verb that gives a choice or expresses possibility.

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Modal verb.

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9
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In grammar, when a person or thing experiences the effect of an action.

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Passive verb.

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10
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In grammar, when a person or thing performs a stated action.

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Active verb.

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11
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An idea, feeling, or quality, not a material object.

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Abstract noun.

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12
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A material object.

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Concrete noun.

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13
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A word that denotes a group of persons or objects.

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Collective noun.

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14
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A noun made up of two or more words.

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Compound noun.

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15
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Something that is written that is intended to make you think of a particular thing or person .

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Allusion.

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16
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Repeating the same word or phrase at the start of several sentences.

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Anaphora.

17
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Deliberately leaving out conjunctions between clauses in sentences (e.g. I came, I saw, I conquered).

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Asyndeton.

18
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Repeated use of conjunctions within a sentence; most commonly repeating ‘and’.

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Polysyndeton.

19
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Speaking to the reader directly.

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Direct address.