Language Terms And Techinques

Question 1

Collective noun

Answer 1

A count noun that denotes a group of individuals

Question 2

Abstract noun

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A noun denoting an idea quality or state rather that a concrete object

Question 3

Pronoun

Answer 3

A word that can function as a noun phrase used by itself

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Noun

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A word used to identify any of a class of people or things.

Question 5

Proper noun

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A name used for a individual person

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Concrete noun

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A concrete noun is a noun that can be identified through one of the five senses

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Common noun

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A noun denoting a class of objects or a concept as opposed to a particular individual

Question 8

Superlative

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Something of the highest or lowest quality

Question 9

Imperative

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Of vital importance

Question 10

Sentence fragment

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A group of words that cannot make a sentence

Question 11

Protagonist

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The main character

Question 12

Monologue

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A long speech by an actor in a play or film

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Oxymoron

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A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction

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Lexis

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All words in a language

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Determiners

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A modifying word

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Verb

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A word used to describe a state or oocurance

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Prepositions

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A word after a noun explaining relation to another word or phrase

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Main clause

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A clause that makes sense on its own

Question 19

Antagonist

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A person who is hostile to someone

Question 20

Hyperbole

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Exaggeration

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Adverb

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A word that describes a verb

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Adjective

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A word naming an attribute of a noun

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Modal verb

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An auxiliary verb that expresses necessity or possibility

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Subordinate clause

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a clause, introduced by a conjunction that forms part of and is dependent on a main clause

Question 25

Colloquial

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Non formal language, slang

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Semantic field

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A lexical set of semantically related items

Question 27

Alliteration

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the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of consecutive or closely connected words

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onomatopoeia

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the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named

Question 29

Personification

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the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something not human

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Pathetic fallacy

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the attribution of human feelings and responses to inanimate things or animals

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Foreboding

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a feeling that something bad will happen

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Dramatic irony

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The audience or reader knows something the actor doesn't

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Foreshadowing

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be a warning or indication of a future event

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Fronted adverbial

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Fronted adverbials are fronted because they have been moved to the front of the sentence before the verb

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Simile

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A comparison using 'like' or 'as' to create a vivid image.

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Metaphor

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A comparison made without using 'like' or 'as'.

Question 37

Pathetic fallacy

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The environment (usually the weather) reflects the mood of the character or scene.

Question 38

Emotive language

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Words chosen to bring an emotional response.

Question 39

Hyperbole

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Over-the-top exaggeration for effect.

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Rhetorical questions

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A question asked for effect with no answer expected.

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Connotations

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Implied meanings suggested by a word rather than a literal meaning

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Empathise

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To understand and share someone else's feelings

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Symbolism

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The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities

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Motif

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a pattern or recurring idea in an artistic | work.

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Slang

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Informal words used mostly in speech within a particular social group.

Question 46

Jargon

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Specialist language