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Asyndetic listing

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no conjunctions between each item

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Polysyndetic listing

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repeated conjunctions between each item

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Anaphora

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repetition of a word/words at the beginning of successive clauses

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Diphthong

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vowel sound that is the combination of two separate sounds

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Hypernym

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words that label categories

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Hyponym

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specific words that can be included in a more general category

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Conversion

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converting a word into another class

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Negation prefix

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becomes opposite: un- anti- non-

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Extent prefix

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over- under-

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Time prefix

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pre- post-

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Subordinator/conjunction

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links clauses together

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Subordinate clause

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dependent clause tarting with conjunction

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Compound sentence

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2+ independent clauses

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Complex sentence

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1 independent clause and 1+ dependent clause

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Complex-compound sentence

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2+ independent clauses and 1+ dependent clauses

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Conditional sentence

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sentence in the conditional tense

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Preposition

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in front of noun to indicate time/position

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Subject complement

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word that follows a copula

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Object complement

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provides information on the object

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Predicative adjective

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adjective following copula to describe the subject

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Predicative nomative

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noun following copula to describe the subject

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Predicate

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part of a sentence or clause containing verb and stating something about the subject

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Declarative sentence

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simple statement

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Exclamatory sentence

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used for emphasis/exclamation

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Interrogative sentence
ask a question
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Imperative sentence
command
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Adjacency pair
an utterance that constrains response in turn-taking
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Auxiliary verb
used with another verb
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Primary auxiliary
be, do, have
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Modal auxiliary
express possibility or certainty
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Deontic modality
more definite - obligation, ability, permission
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Epistemic modality
weakening commitment to truth - possibility, likelihood
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Determiner
introduces noun with definite article
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Definite article
the - specific noun
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Indefinite article
a - any noun
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Intensifier
emphasises another word (very)
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Qualifier
expresses quality/extent (quite, fairly)
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Aggravated directive
order/command verb
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Mitigated directive
suggestion rather than direct command
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Interjection
expresses spontaneous reaction - exclamation, hesitation marker
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Profanity
expletives considered impolite or rude
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Discourse marker
manages flow of structure and discourse, overlaps with fillers and conjunctions
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Interpolation
remark interjected in a conversation
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Unmarked term
the norm: actor
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Marked term
deviant/variant of norm: actress
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Transitive verb
requires object to complete action e.g. played
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Intransitive verb
no direct object receiving action e.g. walked
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Active voice
subject - verb - object | You stole the cookie from the jar
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Passive voice
object - verb - subject | The cookie was stolen from the jar
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Hypophora
when rhetorical question immediately followed by answer
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Compound
combined separate words (blackbird)
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Blend
combined parts of words (emoticon)
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Register
level of formality of text
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Tenor
tone between author and reader
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Tag question
question attached to end of statement
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Personal deixis
who: I, me, you
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Spatial deixis
position: here, there, left, right
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Temporal deixis
time: now, then, tomorrow
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Distal deixis
distance: that, those, there
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Proximal deixis
close: this, here, now
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Protasis
the clause containing the condition
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Apodosis
the clause containing the consequence
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Presupposition
presumption
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Adverbial attributive
adverb phrase
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Reflexive pronoun
-self, -selves
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Intensive pronoun
reflexive pronouns that emphasise the subject of the sentence
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Indefinite pronoun
don't refer to a specific person or thing
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Personal pronoun
represent people or things
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Relative pronoun
link different parts of a sentence
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Demonstrative pronoun
point to things
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Pronominal
relating to or resembling a pronoun
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Lexical ambiguity
the presence of two or more possible meanings within a single word
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Catachresis
use of a word in a semantically incorrect way
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Homograph
words with the same spelling but more than one meaning Homonym - pronounced the same Heteronym - pronounced slightly differently
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Malapropism
mistaken use of a word in place of a similar sounding one
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Parapraxis
slip of the tongue or pen to reveal unconscious wishes or attitudes
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Portmanteaus
creation of a new word through combination of two existing words with the meaning being an amalgamation of the two
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Parataxis
placing of related clauses in a series without use of connecting words I came, I saw, I conquered
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Hypotaxis
subordinate clauses
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Anaphoric reference
refers back to previous word in text
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Cataphoric reference
refers forwards to word later in text
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Endophoric
refers to word within the text
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Exophoric
refers to something outside the text
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Inflectional suffix
changes number, tense or degree
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Derivational suffix
changes meaning or word or word class | -ing, -ful, -ness, -less, -est
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Antanaclasis
rhetorical device in which a word is repeated in a sentence with different meanings
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Epizeuxis
same word or phrase repeated in a succession in the same sentence/line

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