grammar Flashcards
first person pronouns
I, we, us
adverb
an adverb tells us when, where, how, in what manner, or to what extent an action is performed.
proper noun
the name of a person/ place
concrete noun
a physical object that can be experienced through the senses
imagery
language that helps you visualise something
second person pronouns
you, you’re
third person pronouns
he, she, they, them, those, it
possessive pronouns
his, hers, mine, ours, yours
hyperbole
exaggeration
pathetic fallacy
using the weather to reflect the mood
colloquial language
informal language
anaphora
starting a sentence in the same way
superlative
adjectives or adverbs expressing an extreme value (best, worst)
declarative
a statement
exclamative
a sentence with a !
interrogative
a sentence with a ?
neologism
new words
juxtaposition
when two things are put side by side in a text to help draw a comparison
oxymoron
when two words in a phrase contradict eachother
asyndetic list
omitting the conjunction ‘and’ for effect
syndetic list
using the word conjunction ‘and’ over and over again for effect
inverted syntax
when the ordering of words is rearranged to create an alternative weighting to a sentence
litotes
deliberate downplaying for effect
definitive article
the
indefinite article
a or an
demonstrative pronoun
this that those
minor sentence
one word sentence
parenthesis
an aside within a text created by sectioning off extra information between brackets, dashes or commas (parenthetic commar, dashes or brackets)
