Language Work Flashcards
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Compares two unlike things using like or as
Similie
Metaphor
Compares to unlike things and states one is the other
To exaggerate
Hyperbole
Noun
A naming word
What does a noun name
A person, place ,animal,state or thing
Proper noun
Special place person or thing
Ordinary things
Common noun
Concrete
Name of something you can feel see or touch
A group
Collective noun
Abstract noun
A feeling/idea/quality which u can’t see feel or touch
Adjective
Describes a noun
Somethings known as a describing word
Describes a verb
Adverb
What is commonly added to a verb to make it an adverb
L’y or if the word ends in y ily
What must all sentences have
Begin with a capital letter and end with a full stop, question mark or exclamation mark
Two or more words with the same pronunciation but different spelling
Homophones
Give an example of a homophone
Your and you’re
There their they’re
Are and our
Which is right
a)I went to there house for dinner
b)I went to their house
c) I went to they’re house
B
What apostrophes for
To contract a word /shorten it
What can apostrophes show
Ownership
What do you do if the word ends in s
You just add an apostrophe
Often introduces an explanation, can come before a list,question or answer
Colon
Semi-colons
Helps to join closely connected sentences in and idea
Dashes
Creates pause.replaces semicolons in informal writing, can be used to add dram and surprise
Our
Belong to us