Terminology (EL)

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

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things you can tough, e.g. 'table'

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Concrete Noun

Card 3

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names of places/people, e.g. 'Australia'

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Card 4

Front

conjugated in traditional form, i.e. 'bake' to 'baked'

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Card 5

Front

i.e. 'write' past tense is 'wrote'

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