Analysing Words & Phrases

Question 1

Stative verb

Answer 1

A verb which represents doing something mental (e.g. think, ponder, wonder)

Question 2

Dynamic verb
Active verb

Answer 2

A verb which represents doing something; a physical action, process or sensation, not a state (e.g. run, hit, go, jump, fly).

Question 3

Imperative verb

Answer 3

Orders (e.g. ‘Shut up!’)

Question 4

Transitive verb

Answer 4

A verb that allows the subject to perform an action on an object. (e.g. ‘She slapped his face.’)
It must be used in combination with another object (noun/pronoun/noun phrase).

Question 5

Intransitive verb

Answer 5

A verb that acts by itself; one that doesn’t need a direct object. (e.g. ‘I sleep.’)

Question 6

Subjunctive verb

Answer 6

A verb that expresses something desired or imagined. (e.g. ‘I wish I wasn’t in Mr Forster’s class.’)

Question 7

Auxiliary verb

Answer 7

A verb used along with a main verb to express tense, mood, or voice (e.g. has, have, is, am, are, was, were, does, did and modal verbs).

Question 8

Consonance

Answer 8

Repeated consonant sounds (E.g. ‘the stuttering rifles’ rapid rattle’).

Question 9

Assonance

Answer 9

Repeated vowel sounds (E.g. the ‘dolphin torn, the gong tormented sea’, hop-scotch, great flakes).

Question 10

Polysyndeton
Polysyndetic listing

Answer 10

A sentence that uses of lots of conjunctions (e.g. ‘The man was short and fat and as he walked, sweat dripped down his large forehead.’)

Question 11

Prepositional phrase

Answer 11

A phrase which tells you where something is (e.g. ‘Under the rock there lived an ant.’)

Question 12

Declarative sentence

Answer 12

A sentence that states a fact, opinion or mood (e.g. ‘I like you.’)

Question 13

Tag question

Answer 13

A statement followed by a mini-question e.g. it’s nice out, isn’t it?

Question 14

Synesthesia

Answer 14

A figurative use of words that uses more than one sense to draw out a response from the reader e.g. the orchestra is playing yellow cocktail music (connotes happiness).