Language Subject Terminology

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Alliteration
Repetition of words starting with the same letter
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Sibilance
Repetition of 's' or 'sh' sounds in words
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Assonance
Repetition of vowel starting words
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Dynamic Verb
A verb that describes an action happening (or will occur over time)
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Verb
A doing word
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Concrete Noun
A noun that can be describes by the five senses
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Modal Verb
A verb showing necessity or possibility
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Abstract Noun
A noun describing a feeling/quality or state rather than a concrete object
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Noun
A naming word (person/place/thing)
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Pronoun
A word that substitutes a noun (I/you/he/she/we/you/they)
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Possessive Pronoun
My/mine to replace a person in possession
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Personal Pronoun
Me/I to replace yourself
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Adverbs
A word to descirbe adjectives, ending in -ly
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Semantic Field
A group of words suggesting a theme/topic
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Connotation
The associated meanings of a words
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Repetition
Repeating a word/idea/phrase more than once
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Personification
Giving a non-living object (inanimate) human qualities
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Simile
Comparing one thing to another using 'like' or 'as...as'
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Metaphor
Comparing one thing to another by saying it is something else
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Plosive Sounds
Consonant sounds that completely stop airflow ('p'/'t'/'k')
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Fricative Sounds
Consonant sounds where are is forced through a narrow channel ('f'/'v')
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Onomatopoeia
Words that sound like what they are ('bang'/'crash')
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Narrative Voice
The perspective in which a story is told
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Archetype
A familiar/traditional character used that is seen in many stories across cultures
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Protagonist
The main character
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Pathetic Fallacy
When the weather reflects the actions/mood of the story
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Declarative Sentence
A statement
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Interrogative Sentence
A question
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Imperative Sentence
A command
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Exclamatory Sentence
A sentence ending with a !
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Linear Narrative
Narrrative that follows a straight line e.g. beginning-middle-end
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Non-linear Narrative
Often starts in the middle of the story and flashes back to beginning
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First Person
Telling you their own personal story 'I'
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Second Person
Telling you how 'you' should do something
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Third Person
'He/She/It' like a camera
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Cyclical Narrative
A story ends where it began
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Motif
Reoccuring themes/ideas throughout a story
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Asyndetic List
A list without conjunctions or connectives
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Climax
The greatest point of tension in a story
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Foreshadowing
Hints at what is to come in a story
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Rhetorical Question
A statement which is a question that doesn't require an answer
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Hyperbole
Exagqerated statements/claims which aren't meant to be taken literally
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Foregrounding
Make something prominent or an important feature
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Rule of Three
Describing something in three adjectives
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Anecdote
A short personal story
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Assertion
A confident opinion stated as a fact
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Flattery
Praise on something/someone to gain their likes/interest
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Sensory Description
Using the five senses for description
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Imagery
Description used to make images in the reader's mind
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Symbolism
Using metaphors to show/compare a theme/idea
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Colloquial Language
Informal/slang language and tone
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Vernacular
Language associated with a reigon (dialect)
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Oxymoron
Contraditory terms appear in conjunction ('cruel kindness')
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Standard English
Use of common english we use in everyday life
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Juxtaposition
Two things placed together having contrasting effect
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Subordinate Clause
A clause that is unable to stand alone adding more detail (doesn't make sense on its own)
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Simple Sentences
A sentence containing only a subject and a verb
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Complex Sentences
A sentence containing an independant clause and subordinating clauses
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Compound Sentences
A sentence containing two independant clauses connected by a conjunction.
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Flashback
An interjected scene taking the reader back in time
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Discourse Makers
Connecting/linking words that make flow between themes/paragraphs
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Dramatic Irony
An expression that normally signifies the opposite (humourous effect)
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Superlative
Making something seem of a higher quality
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Anaphora
Repetition of a starting sentence phrase causing emphasis
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Epistrophe
Repetition of ending sentence phrase causing emphasis
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Sibilance

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Repetition of 's' or 'sh' sounds in words

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Assonance

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Dynamic Verb

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Verb

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