Words

Question 1

Allegory

Answer 1

Abstory,poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one

Question 2

Anthropomorphism

Answer 2

the showing or treating of animals, gods, and objects as if they are human in appearance, character, or behaviour.

Question 3

Fairy tale

Answer 3

A story for children with fantastical elements

Question 4

Dystopia

Answer 4

an imagined state or society in which there is great suffering or injustice, typically one that is totalitarian

Question 5

Irony

Answer 5

a situation in which something which was intended to have a particular result has the opposite or a very different result

Question 6

Maxim

Answer 6

a short, memorable statement expressing a general truth or rule of conduct.

Question 7

Moral

Answer 7

A principle or belief concerning right and wrong behaviour.

Question 8

Objective

Answer 8

based on real facts and not influenced by personal beliefs or feelings

Question 9

Omniscient-narrator

Answer 9

third-person narrator who knows all the thoughts, actions, and feelings of all characters.

Question 10

Propaganda

Answer 10

ideas or statements that are often false or exaggerated and that are spread in order to help a cause, a political leader or a government

Question 11

Satire

Answer 11

a technique use to expose and criticise foolishness and corruption of an individual or a society, by using humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule.

Question 12

Proper Noun

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This is a noun used to name particular: Jim,Betty,London…-and some’times’: Monday, April,Easter… It always begins with a capital letter.

Question 13

Common Noun

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A common noun is a noun that is used to name everday things: cars tootgbrjshes, trees,…- and kinds of people:man,woman,child…

Question 14

Collective Noun

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This is a noun that describes a group or collection of people or things: army, bunch, team, swarm…

Question 15

Abstract Noun

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An abrasct noun describes things that cannot actually be seen, heard, smelt, felt or tasted: sleep,honesty,boredom,freedom,power…

Question 16

Adjectives

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An adjective is a ‘describing’ word: it is a word used to describe (or tell you more about) a noun.
Example: The burglar was wearing a black jacket, a furry hat and a large mask over his face. (The words in bold tell us more about the noun that follows)
An adjective usually comes before a noun but sometimes it can be separated from its noun and come afterwards (e.g.: Ben looked frightened; the dog was very fierce)

Question 17

Verbs

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A verb is a word, or a group of words,that tells you what a person or thing is being or doing. It is often called a ‘doing’ word: e.g. running, eating,sitting. All sentences have a subject and a verb. The subject is the person or thing doing the action: Example: Cats purr(Cats is the subject and purr is the verb)

Question 18

Imperative Verb

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Known as bossy verbs as they tell people what to do e.g close the door,empty the bin….

Question 19

Auxillary Verb

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A verb is often made up of more than one word. The actual verb-word is helped out by parts of the special verbs: the verb to be and the verb to have. These ‘helping’ verbs are called auxiliary verbs and can help is to form tenses.
Auxilary verbs for to ‘to be’ include: am,are,is,was were
Auxiliary verbs for ‘to have’ include:have,had,hasn’t,has,will,have,will not have.

Question 20

Adverbs

Answer 20

An adverb tells you more about the verb(it ‘adds’ to the verb). It nearly always answers the question:How?When?Where? or Why.
Most adverbs in English end in -ly and come from adjectives:
E.g. soft-softly; slow - slowly.

Question 21

Singular pronouns

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Are used to refer to one person or thing.

E.g.: I,you,me,he,she,it,you,him,her,mine,yours,his,hers,its

Question 22

Plural pronouns

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Are used to refer to more than one perosn or thing.

E,g.:we,they,us,them,ours,yours,theirs

Question 23

Articles

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An article is always used with and gives some information about a noun. There are three articles:a,an and the
Examples: the chair; a table; an elephant

Question 24

Prepositions

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Prepositions are words which show the relationship of one thing to another.
Examples: Tom jumped over the cat. The monkey is in the tree.
These words tell you where one thing is in relation to something else.