Section A - Paris Anthology

Question 1

Dynamic Verbs

Answer 1

Physical action (running, walking, jumping)

Question 2

Stative Verbs

Answer 2

Mental action (thinking, wondering, hoping)

Question 3

Comparative Adjectives

Answer 3

Comparing noun to something else (more beautiful, faster)

Question 4

Superlative Adjectives

Answer 4

Saying something is ‘most’ of it’s kind (most beautiful, fastest)

Question 5

Adverb of Manner

Answer 5

Describes action/object (silently, incredibly, hurriedly)

Question 6

Adverb of Time

Answer 6

Describes when action took place (yesterday, last week, in two days time)

Question 7

Adverb of Place

Answer 7

Describes where object is (there, somewhere, by the table)

Question 8

Sentence Adverbs

Answer 8

Adverbs that describe entire sentence (consequently, frankly, unfortunately)

Question 9

Modal Verbs

Answer 9

Verbs indicating possibility of action (can, may, might, should, could, will)

Question 10

Interjections

Answer 10

Exclamations that express emotion (“Hi!” “Bye!” “Sorry” “Excuse me”)

Question 11

Ellipsis

Answer 11

Sentence omitting words (e.g; “Didn’t like it” instead of “I didn’t like it”) = conversational tone

Question 12

Archaisms

Answer 12

Obsolete language (henceforth, whither, thou)

Question 13

Colloquialisms

Answer 13

Informal expressions (quid, mate, bloke, lass)

Question 14

Taboo Lexis

Answer 14

Swear words

Question 15

Euphenisms

Answer 15

Language substituting non-offensive term (He passed away instead of he’s dead, Jim)

Question 16

Neologism

Answer 16

New words

Question 17

Noun Phrases

Answer 17

Phrase describing noun (the happy children, he was the man chosen for the job)

Question 18

Conjunctions

Answer 18

Connectives (and, or, but, while, since, because)

Question 19

Main Clause

Answer 19

Contains subject and verb (“I’m late”, “Here is my bag”)

Question 20

Subordinate Clause

Answer 20

Before/after main clause - giving extra information

Question 21

Determiners

Answer 21

Words before nouns

Question 22

Definite Article

Answer 22

A, the

Question 23

Numerical Determiners

Answer 23

Numbers

Question 24

Prepositions

Answer 24

Determine nature between words (across, after, before, during, into, under, without)

Question 25

Declarative Sentence

Answer 25

Statement - "The cat is on the radiator"

Question 26

Imperative Sentence

Answer 26

Instruction - "Put the cat on the radiator"

Question 27

Interrogative Sentence

Answer 27

Question - "Why is the cat on the radiator?"

Question 28

Exclamatory Sentence

Answer 28

Lots of emotion - "Get the cat off the radiator!"

Question 29

Minor Sentence

Answer 29

Sentence missing main verb "Not bad! Brilliant"

Question 30

Simple Sentence

Answer 30

Sentence with one clause, a verb and a subject | "The bag is white"

Question 31

Compound Sentence

Answer 31

Sentence with 2 main clauses ("The bag is white and it is very clean")

Question 32

Complex Sentence

Answer 32

Sentence with subordinate and main clause (It was hard to keep the bag clean, for it was white)

Question 33

Active Sentence

Answer 33

Sentence focuses on object doing action (The dog picked up the bone)

Question 34

Passive Sentence

Answer 34

Sentence focuses on object receiving action (The bone was picked up by the dog)

Question 35

Plosive Alliteration

Answer 35

Alliteration of 'p','b','t','k' sounds

Question 36

Fricative Alliteration

Answer 36

Alliteration of 'f','v' sounds

Question 37

Sibilant Alliteration

Answer 37

Alliteration of 's','sh' sounds

Question 38

Assonance

Answer 38

Repetition of vowel sounds (blue moon)

Question 39

Half Rhyme

Answer 39

Words starting with same sound (great/grit, cat/camera)

Question 40

Elision

Answer 40

Pronounce a word/words omitting part of word (gonna, gotta, 'ull)

Question 41

Deixis

Answer 41

Words/phrases requiring context (this, there)

Question 42

Anaphoric Reference

Answer 42

Pronoun referring to someone previously mentioned (e.g; replacing "The taxi driver" with "he")

Question 43

Cataphoric Reference

Answer 43

Pronoun referring to something yet to be mentioned - create tension ("Here he come... Jeremy Kyle)

Question 44

Direct Speech

Answer 44

Quoting conversation (He said "don't come unless you have the box")

Question 45

Indirect Speech

Answer 45

Paraphrasing conversation (He said you shouldn't come without the box)

Question 46

Parallelism

Answer 46

Repeating structure (I have a dream that... I have a dream in which)

Question 47

Discourse marker

Answer 47

Now, but, on the other hand, of course, in any case

Question 48

Hyperbole

Answer 48

Great exaggeration ("As old as the world")

Question 49

Oxymoron

Answer 49

Phrase containing opposites/contradictions (cold fire; organised chaos)

Question 50

Personification

Answer 50

Giving an inanimate object human qualities

Question 51

Zoomorphism

Answer 51

Giving a human animal-like qualities