Subject Terminology

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Predicate
The part of a sentence in which something is said about the subject
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Adjective
A word that describes a noun
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Complex sentence
A sentence containing and independent clause and at least one dependent clause
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Definite Article
'The' - referring to a specific, not general
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Adverb
A word describing a verb. Eg: quickly
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Verb
A word that describes action, condition or experience
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Compound sentence
A sentence made from two independent sentences joined together
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Pronoun
A word that is used instead of a noun or noun phrase, often used to refer to a noun that has already been, or is about to be, mentioned, e.g. She, it
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Noun
Refers to a person, place, thing, event, substance or quality
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Direct Adress
Communicating a message specifically to an individual
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Dual Narative
A form of storytelling which is narrated from two different perspectives
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First person
A narrative in the perspective of the narrator
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Rhetorical question
A question made to emphasis a point rather than to demand an answer
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Dramatic irony
A technique in which the reader knows more than the characters in the story do
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Imperative
Giving an authoritative command
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Oxymoron
A figure of speech in which contradictory or opposite words are combined
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Anthropomorphism
A strong attribution of human characteristics to an animal or object, e.g. Mickey Mouse
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Personification
Giving human qualities to animals, objects or ideas
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Hyperbole
Extremely exaggerated claims not to be taken literally
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Onomatopoeia
A word which imitates the natural sound of its meaning, e.g Bang
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Juxtaposition
Contrasting things or ideas placed side by side
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Tautology
Conveying the same meaning with different words
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Concrete noun
A noun which you can experience through your senses
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Abstract noun
Nouns which refer to concepts, to things which you cannot experience through your senses
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Proper noun
A name for an individual, place or organisation, beginning with a capital letter
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Preposition
The relationship in space or time, or a logical relationship, between two or more nouns
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Indefinite article
'A/ an'- referring to a noun in a non-specific way
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Conjunction
A word which joined together phrases, clauses, words or sentences, e.g. But, or, and
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Narrative perspective
Through whose eyes a reader sees the story
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Topic sentence
The first sentence of a paragraph which expresses its main idea
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Repeated motif
A recurring symbol which takes on a figurative meaning
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A word that describes a noun

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Adjective

Card 3

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A sentence containing and independent clause and at least one dependent clause

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Card 4

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'The' - referring to a specific, not general

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Card 5

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A word describing a verb. Eg: quickly

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