Glossary

Question 1

what is apposition?

Answer 1

two words or phrases doing the same job in the same clause
apposition shows the defying characteristic

Question 2

what is a contraction?

Answer 2

missing letters out of a word to make them shorter

Question 3

what is a discourse marker?

Answer 3

a way of starting a conversation or a new topic

Question 4

what is fronting?

Answer 4

putting things at the start of a sentence that arent normally there

Question 5

what is foregrounding?

Answer 5

drawing attention to something?

Question 6

what is a gerund?

Answer 6

looks like a verb, acts like a noun

Question 7

what are the high grade features?

Answer 7

present tense
objects, complements and adverbials
clauses
passive voice
apposition
fronting

Question 8

what is an idiom?

Answer 8

common expressions that dont translate directly

Question 9

what are three types of list?

Answer 9

syndetic= 1 and/but/or
asyndetic=no and/but/or
polysyndetic=more than one and/but/or
show range, scale or diversity

Question 9

what are the three types of mood?

Answer 9

declarative mood is a statement
interrogatives ask a question
imperative- imperative sentence not an imperative verb

Question 10

what is register?

Answer 10

level of formality
frozen- specific ritualised occasions, oldest and most formal register
formal-the way in which you speak to strangers in professional context
informal-the way in which you speak to strangers when being friendly
demotic- the way you speak to your friends
intimate- the least formal register, the way in which you speak to partners, babies or pets

Question 11

what is parenthetical?

Answer 11

anything in between commas, brackets or dashes