written linguistics

Question 1

abstract noun

Answer 1

a noun (thing) that has no physics

Question 2

active voice

Answer 2

grammatical structure in which the subject is the actor of the sentence eg the dog eats the bone

Question 3

allusion

Answer 3

to refer to something indirectly or metaphorically

Question 4

archaism

Answer 4

words and phrases no longer in use

Question 5

asyndetic listing

Answer 5

the omission of coordinating conjunctions

Question 6

auxiliary/modal verbs

Answer 6

a verb that proceeds another verb eg i can go provides the original verb with grammatical meaning

Question 7

collective noun

Answer 7

group of people animals or things eg we they us

Question 8

concrete noun

Answer 8

everyday objects

Question 9

compound adjectives

Answer 9

two adjectives separated by a hyphen

Question 10

compound sentence

Answer 10

a sentence made up of at least two main clauses joined together by a coordinating conjunction

Question 11

complex sentence

Answer 11

a sentence made up of one main clause and one subordinate clause/ dependant clause (doesnt make sense without the main clause)

Question 12

declarative sentence

Answer 12

expresses a statement

Question 13

definite article

Answer 13

the

Question 14

deictic

Answer 14

words that rely on context to be understood like there

Question 15

dynamic verbs

Answer 15

expresses an action rather than a state

Question 16

euphemism

Answer 16

replaces a taboo word

Question 17

exclamatory sentence

Answer 17

expresses strong emotions marked by an exclamation point

Question 18

foregrounding

Answer 18

a change in the structure of a sentence to place emphasis on the opening segment

Question 19

end focus

Answer 19

a change in the structure of a sentence to place emphasis on the closing point

Question 20

hyperbole

Answer 20

exadduration used to heighten feeling and intensity

Question 21

imperative

Answer 21

expressing command

Question 22

indefinite article

Answer 22

a

Question 23

independent main clause

Answer 23

a group of words which carry meaning of sentence

Question 24

interrogative

Answer 24

question

Question 25

intonation

Answer 25

tone of voice

Question 26

juxtaposition

Answer 26

position of two words together that have a contrasting effect

Question 27

semantic field

Answer 27

a group of words joined by similarity in meaning

Question 28

syntactical parallelism

Answer 28

patterning of words and phrases in a sentence/ series of sentences

Question 29

passive voice

Answer 29

grammatical structure in which the subject undergoes the action of the verb such as they were killed instead of he killed them

Question 30

prepositions

Answer 30

before nouns show position of them such as on

Question 31

simple sentence

Answer 31

an independent main clause (no subordinate)

Question 32

superlative

Answer 32

expresses extremes eg best or worst

Question 33

syndetic listing

Answer 33

use of conjunctives to join a list

Question 34

polysyndeton

Answer 34

repeated use of and to join clauses or phrases

Question 35

vocatives

Answer 35

used to refer to a person WHEN talking to them