Terminology (EL) 0.0 / 5 ? English LanguageTerminologyA2/A-levelAQA Created by: Megs555Created on: 27-07-17 12:38 Abstract Noun concepts, e.g. 'love' 1 of 36 Concrete Noun things you can tough, e.g. 'table' 2 of 36 Proper Noun names of places/people, e.g. 'Australia' 3 of 36 Regular Verb conjugated in traditional form, i.e. 'bake' to 'baked' 4 of 36 Irregular Verb i.e. 'write' past tense is 'wrote' 5 of 36 First Person Pronouns I, We, Us 6 of 36 Second Person Pronouns You 7 of 36 Third Person Pronouns They, Them 8 of 36 Adverbs modifies the meaning of another verb, telling when, where, how, e.g. gently, here, now, very 9 of 36 Simple Sentence one clause, with a single subject and predicate 10 of 36 Compound Sentence 2 simple sentences joined by a comma and conjuction 11 of 36 Complex Sentence Has an independent clause and a dependent clause 12 of 36 Compound Complex Sentence 2 independent clauses and 1/more dependent clause 13 of 36 Dependent/Subordinate Clause Cannot stand alone in a sentence 14 of 36 Independent Clause Can form a complete sentence standing alone 15 of 36 Declarative Sentence Statement 16 of 36 Imperative Sentence Command 17 of 36 Interrogative Sentence Question 18 of 36 Exclamatory Sentence Ending in ! 19 of 36 Noun Phrase A word or group of words containing a noun and functioning in a sentence as subject, object or prepositional object. 20 of 36 Adjectives Describing words 21 of 36 Determiners Modifying word that determines the kind of reference a noun or noun group has, e.g. a, the, every 22 of 36 Conjuctions A word used to connect clauses or sentences or to coordinate words in the same clause, e.g. and, but, if 23 of 36 Prepositions e.g. on, up, inside, through 24 of 36 Auxiliary Verbs From tenses, moods of other verbs, e.g. be, do, have 25 of 36 Modal Verbs can, could, may, might, must, shall, should, will, would 26 of 36 Antithesis Contrasting directly opposed ideas and/or emotions 27 of 36 Listing Heaping up of detail which creates a powerful tension in an audience 28 of 36 Hyperbole Exaggeration or overstatement; in drama, expresses strong emotion. 29 of 36 Litotes Understatement or playing down a situation for different reasons, e.g. politeness, modesty 30 of 36 Incrementum Building up increment by increment 31 of 36 Paradiastole Flattering vice and error by the use pof neutral or positive terms 32 of 36 Occultation Saying you won't mention something, so actually drawing attention to it, often with comic effect 33 of 36 Interrogatio Asking a question that does not require an answer from the reader/listener (rhetorical question) 34 of 36 Pysma Asking a barrage of multiple rhetorical questions 35 of 36 Subjectio Asking a series of rhetorical questions and then answering them yourself. 36 of 36
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