English Terminology

Question 1

Dynamic Verb

Answer 1

A verb described as a ‘doing’ verb

Question 2

Modal verb

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Shows how important or necessary something is

Question 3

Transitive verb

Answer 3

A verb that requires an object to receive an action

Question 4

Auxiliary verb

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Used together with a main verb to show time and continuity(helping verbs)

Question 5

Stative verb

Answer 5

Show a state of being, emotion, express a less physical action

Question 6

Lexical verb

Answer 6

Main verbs in a sentence

Question 7

Colloquialism

Answer 7

Not formal

Question 8

Metonymy

Answer 8

A figure of speech in which one word/phrase is closely assosiated with another.

Question 9

Bathos

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Sudden change in writing from a serious or important subject to a ridiculous or ordinary one.

Question 10

Pathos

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Used to provoke the audience’s sympathies or appeal to their emotions

Question 11

Sibillance

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Multiple ‘s’ creating a hissing sound

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Irony

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Use of words which express the opposite of the literal meaning

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Assonance

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The repitition of vowel sounds in a series of words

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Hyperbole

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Over the top exaggeration for effect

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Juxtaposition

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To place two or more ideas/images close together to create further meaning for an audience

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Synedoche

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A type of metaphor where you use part of something to refer to the whole

Question 17

Emotive language

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Words chosen to invoke an emotional response

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Pathetic fallacy

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The environment reflects the mood of the character or scene

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Oxymoron

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A self-contradicting word or group of words

Question 20

Modal verb examples

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Can, could, must etc.

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Auxiliary verbs examples

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Are, was, have etc.

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Stative verb examples

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Beloeve, imagine, understand etc.

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Metonymy examples

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Crown( for power of a king)
Dish( to refer to an entire plate of food)
Etc.

Question 24

Assonance examples

Answer 24

The light of fire is a sight
Go slow over the road etc..