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What is a preposition and give example

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describe the location of a noun or pronoun eg- under, beside, on and up

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What word would we use to describe language that seems ‘out of time’ or ‘old’

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Anachronistic language

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What type of pronoun is ‘this’ and ‘that’

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demonstrative pronoun

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what is register

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level of formality of the text

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What is an imperative sentence

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when a sentence is issuing a demand

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What is a declarative sentence

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when a sentence makes a statement

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what is a interrogative sentence

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when a sentence is asking a question ?

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what is a exclamatory sentence

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a sentence conveys strong sense of emotion !

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What is a stative verb

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Think, ponder, believe

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what is a model verb

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represents possibility or necessity eg- might, could, must, should and may

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What is a superlative

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adjective that describes the most extreme value eg- biggest and smallest

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what is a pronoun

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him, her, it, he, she, you and me

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what is a noun

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people, place or thing

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what is a verb

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describes the action

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what is an abstract noun

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shows an idea, quality or state (emotion) YOU CAN PUT A AND THE INFRONT OF IT
eg- truth, danger, happiness

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what is a concrete noun

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things we experience through our 5 senses

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What is a simple, compound and complex sentence

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simple- one main clause
compound- 2 main clauses joined by and but, so or yet
complex- 2 clauses joined by a connective- because, although etc.

18
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What ethos, pathos and logos

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Ethos- belief of speaker
Pathos- emotion
Logos- figures, logic

19
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what does zealous mean

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enthusiasm for a cause

20
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what does disparaging mean

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represent something of little worth

21
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what does myriad mean

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a great number of

22
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what does egregious mean

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very bad

23
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what does salient mean

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more important or noticeable points

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what does decry mean

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to criticize

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what does deride mean

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to mock

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what is anaphora

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repetition of same phrase or word at beginning of successive sentences

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what is parallelism

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the balance and use of 2 or more similar words

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what is hypophora

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asking a question then immediately answering it

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what is epistrophe

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repetition of same phrase or word at end of successive sentences

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