Terminology Flashcards

(45 cards)

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Concrete noun

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Things you can touch/see

Table

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Proper noun

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Capitalised words

Andrew
Paris

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Abstract nouns

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Things don’t exist physically

Dreams

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Collective nouns

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Groups

Flock, family

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Superlative adjectives - what do you add?

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Add est

Hottest/biggest

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Comparative adjectives

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Add er

Hotter, bigger

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Personal pronouns

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Replace subject or object

I or HE would be changed from ME or HIM

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Possessive pronouns

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Shows possession

This is HERS

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Reflexive pronouns

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Object same as subject

SELF or SELVES

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Demonstrative pronouns

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Pointing in a direction

THIS THAT THESE THOSE

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Indefinite pronouns

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Not specific things

EVERYTHING, NO-ONE

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Relative pronouns

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Linking word, immediately after noun

WHO WHOM WHOSE WHICH THAT

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Interrogative pronouns

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Used when asking questions

WHO WHOSE WHICH WHAT

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Co-ordinating conjunction

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Used when parts of sentences are joined/equally important

AND BUT OR

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Subordinating conjunction

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Connect subordinate clause to main

BECAUSE ALTHOUGH UNLESS UNTIL

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Positional prepositions

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Positions of things

AT ON OPPOSITE

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Directional prepositions

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INTO PAST TO

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Time prepositions

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BEFORE AFTER DURING

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Indefinite article

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BEFORE NOUN

A AN

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Definite article

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BEFORE NOUN

THE

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Possessive determiner

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BEFORE NOUN

MY OUR YOUR HIS HER ITS THEIR

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Demonstrative determiner

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BEFORE NOUN

THIS THAT THESE THOSE

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Dynamic verb

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Relates to action

RUN HIT SPEAK

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Stative verb

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Expresses state of being/thought

BE SEEM KNOW

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Transitive verb
Followed by a direct object DONT SAY 'the dog bit' without a direct object
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Intransitive verb
Cannot take a direct object 'The dog barked'
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Register
Variety of language appropriate to a purpose/text (informal or formal)
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Field
General purpose of an act of communication
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Tenor
Relationship between producer and reader
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Iconic graphology
Direct picture showing its representation
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Symbolic graphology
Have to think about the meaning
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Complement
Follow STATIVE VERBS My friend is SICK My friend is a HAIRDRESSER
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Auxiliary verbs
BE HAVE DO
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Modal auxiliary verbs
``` Can could Will would Shall should Must ought May might ```
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Descriptive adjectives
Gives detail of colour, size, shape, feel SMALL WHITE
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Evaluative adjectives
Makes a judgement or an opinion GOOD BAD
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Emotive adjective
Shows an intense feeling HORRIBLE
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Noun modifiers
2 nouns together TABLECLOTH RAGDOLL
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Pre modifier
Comes before the head word The SANDY beach
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Post modifier
Comes after the head word The beach NEARBY
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Elision
Loss of sound | COS LIVIN
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Collocation
Words that go together FISH AND CHIPS SALT AND PEPPER
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Assonance
Same vowel with diff consonants time/light Same consonants with diff vowel Mystery/moistery
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Sentence moods
Imperative Declarative Interrogative Exclamative
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Sentence types
Minor - no verb Simple - 1 main clause Compound - 2 main clause/conjunct Complex - main clause/1+ conjunct