When the subject of the sentence carries out the verb
changing the form of the verb from its root form
a verb that changes form unusually when used in a different tense without the usual or ‘regular’ patterns..
7. Fronting.
What we label elements at the start of a sentence.
Syntax structure.
The smallest unit of grammatical meaning in language.
Something at the beginning of a sentence.
8. Colloquialism
Shortening long words.
Newly invented words from merging two words together.
Informal language usage.
A word formed by initials from other grouped words.
9. Compound sentences
two simple sentences (of equal semantic weighting) joined by a co-ordinating conjunction (or a semi-colon where the co-ordinating conjunction would have been).
every sentence must contain a subject (a noun or pronoun), a verb (something for the subject to do) and, perhaps, an object (something for the subject to do something to), e.g. I love English Language
a sentence that is incomplete by missing a subject or a verb, yet it still is capped with a full stop
a simple sentence with an added clause that somehow adds extra information linked by a subordinating conjunction.
10. Referencing- Exophoric
referencing an element from within the text itself
an overt reference to something that occurs later on in a text, for example by using the ambiguous pronoun ‘it’ before the audience is aware of what this pronoun represents
making a reference to things beyond the language of a text itself
an overt reference to something that occurred earlier in a text, often by using pronouns to build upon previous sentences
11. Connotation.
Formality of the text.
Associations that can be gleaned from words.
Literal meaning of words.
A word that joins clauses in a compound sentence.
12. Future perfect continuous tense
I will have been eating for nearly twenty days by the time I finish
I will have eaten
I will be eating
I am going to eat
13. Pronoun (possessive/genitive)
a personal pronoun that is used as the object of a prepositional or verb action
mine, yours, his, hers, theirs
an overt reference to something that occurred earlier in a text, often by using pronouns to build upon previous sentences
when a personal pronoun utilises the suffix ‘self’ or ‘selves’.
14. monosyllabic lexis
words with one syllable.
long words
the amount of words in a sentence
phrases acting as a single noun
15. present perfect tense
I eat
I have eaten
I have been eating
I am eating
16. Syntax
the way words form sentences (the ordering of them to create meaning).
the tone of voice, or the relationship between author and reader and how it is created.
the mixture of long and short syntactic structures for effect.
can be ‘right’ or ‘left’. When a clause utilises a pronoun it makes sense, but dislocation can occur for further clarification and other effects by adding seemingly unnecessary nouns at either side of the clause.
17. Past perfect continuous tense
I had been eating
I was eating
I ate
I was eating
18. Future tense
I will have eaten
I am going to eat
I will be eating
I will eat
19. preposition
reversal of grammar or meaning in subsequent clauses
a word that takes the place of a noun in a sentence
a word that shows the physical relationship between one thing and another
when the verb is in the present tense used with the auxiliary verb