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What is a concrete noun?

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Objects that we can see, touch and/or perceive in the physical world
around us.

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What is a proper noun?

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The names of specific people, places and things.

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What is a collective noun?

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A collection or group of people, animals or things.

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What is an abstract noun?

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Things which do not exist physically, such as qualities, states of mind,
feelings and ideas.

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What is a noun?

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

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What is an adjective?

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A word which gives more information about a noun

Eg. the ‘furry’ hat

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What is a comparative adjective?

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Adjectives used to compare differences between the two objects they modify (Eg. larger, smaller, faster, higher).

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What is a superlative adjective?

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Adjectives used to describe an object which is at the upper or lower limit of a quality compared to a group of objects.
Eg. ‘the tallest’

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What is a verb?

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A word that expresses an action, process or state

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What is an adverb?

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A word which usually gives more information about a verb

Eg. she could ‘barely’ hear his voice

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What is a pronoun?

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A word that replaces a noun

Eg. ‘he’ or ‘she’

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What are the indefinite articles?

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a, an

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What is the definite article?

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the

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What is the purpose of a determiner?

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Determiners are placed in front of an noun to make it clear what the noun is referring to

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List the possessive pronouns:

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my, your, his, her, its, our, their

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List the pre-determiners:

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such, what, rather, quite

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List the quantifiers:

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a few, a little, much, many, some, most, enough

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Is enough a quantifier or pre-determiner?

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A quantifier

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What is a modal verb?

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These are verbs that indicate likelihood, ability, permission or obligation.

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List the modal verbs:

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can, could, may, might, will, would, must, shall, should

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What is a relative pronoun?

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A pronoun used to connect relative clauses to independent clauses.
Eg. ‘that’, ‘which’, ‘who’

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Give examples of demonstrative pronouns:

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that, this, these, those

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What are indefinite pronouns?

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Pronouns for when you refer to a person or thing that doesn’t need to be specifically identified.
Eg. ‘everybody’ or ‘anybody’

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Give other examples of indefinite pronouns:

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one, other, none, some, no one

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What are reflexive pronouns?
Pronouns ending in -self or -selves
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Give examples of reflexive pronouns:
myself, ourselves, yourself, him/herself, itself
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When are interrogative pronouns used?
In questions.
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Give examples of interrogative pronouns:
whose, what, who, which
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What is an active voice?
When the subject of the sentence is performing the action described. Eg. 'The cat licked' his paws
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What is an adverbial?
A word/group of words that function as an adverb, giving more info about how, when or where a verb takes place. Eg. Roger drove 'through the town'
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Alliteration
The repetition of consonants at the beginning of words for emphasis.
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Allusion
A reference within a text to another event, person, place or work of literature - often adding another layer of meaning in the text.
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Analogy
A comparison between one thing and another used to explain or clarify something
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Anaphora
A rhetorical device which involves the repetition of a word or group of words at the start of sentences, phrases or clauses for emphasis
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Anaphoric reference
A word or expression that refers back to another part of the text
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Anecdote
A short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person in the writer's life.
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Antagonist
A character who opposes the protagonist in fictional writing
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Antithesis
Contrasting ideas or words balanced against each other. | Eg. the contrast of heaven and hell, light and dark, ect.
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Antonym
A word of opposite meaning to another | Eg. hot/cold
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Aphorism
A neat, memorable or pithy statement of generalisation. These usually expose a truth/partial truth. Eg. 'A bad penny always turns up'
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Aptronym
A name that fits the character and nature of a person and/or their occupation. A shorthand way of telling the audience what they should expect from a character's behaviour. Eg. Usain "Lightning" Bolt, he is know as the world's fastest man.
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Archaic Lexis
Old-fashioned words of phrases which are no longer in current usage, or which are only current in very specific fields, such as legal/medical documents. Eg. 'damsel'
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Aspirants
The linguistic name for 'h' sounds in language.
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Assonance
The repetition of similar vowel sounds for emphasis. Eg. Full fathom f'i've th'y' father l'ie's
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Asyndeton
A rhetorical device where conjunctions, articles and even pronouns are excluded for the sake of speak or immediacy. Eg. 'Only an avenue, dark, nameless, without end.'
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Auxiliary Verb
A verb positioned in front of a main verb. Eg. 'is', 'have' and 'can'
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Backgrounding
Playing down (to sound less serious) potentially negative aspects of a product, situation or idea.
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Bathos
A form of anti-climax that often produces humour by switching from the sublime to the ridiculous. Eg. 'Speaker 1: My boyfriend owns a chain of restaurants.' 'Speaker 2: You mean he works in a fish and chip shop'
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Blend
A word formed by combining two others Eg. 'brunch' (breakfast and lunch)
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Caricature
An extreme depiction of a character where their personality traits are exaggerated to create a specific effect, often comic.

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