Key techniques to know

Question 1

Types of sentences

Answer 1

Imperative

interogative

Declarative

Exclamative

Question 2

Use of semi colon

Answer 2

To expand and emphasise

Question 3

Allusion

Answer 3

Allude reference to a certain thing, or experience

Question 4

First person

Answer 4

Type of person, first person more emotion

Third lacks bias more objective

Question 5

Jargon

Answer 5

Type of word or terminology to a particular topic, eg sport.

Will show which type of audience

Question 6

Juxtaposition

Answer 6

Putting contrasting ideas or visuals to show contrast to bring attention to something

Question 7

Anaphora

Answer 7

Persuasive, beginning of a sentence is repeated

Question 8

Noun phrase

Answer 8

Noun with description - tall old tree

Question 9

Direct address

Answer 9

Persuasive ‘you’ personal pronoun

Question 10

Prepositions

Answer 10

A word or group of words used before a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase to show direction, time, place, location, spatial relationships, or to introduce an object.

Some examples of prepositions are words like “in,” “at,” “on,” “of,” and “to.”

Question 11

Abstract noun

Answer 11

Intangible ideas—things you can’t perceive with the five main senses. Words like love, time, beauty, and science are all abstract nouns because you can’t touch them or see them.

Question 12

Concrete noun

Answer 12

A concrete noun identifies something material and non-abstract, such as a chair, a house, or an automobile.

Think about everything you can experience with your five senses: smell, touch, sight, hearing, or taste.

A strawberry milkshake that tastes sweet and feels cold is an example of a concrete noun.

Question 13

Pronouns

Answer 13

A pronoun is a word that is used instead of a noun or noun phrase.

Pronouns refer to either a noun that has already been mentioned or to a noun that does not need to be named specifically.

She likes apples

Question 14

Conjunction

Answer 14

A word used to connect clauses or sentences or to coordinate words in the same clause

(e.g. and, but, if ).

Question 15

Auxiliary verb

Answer 15

Used with a main verb to help express the main verb’s tense, mood, or voice.

The main auxiliary verbs are to be, to have, and to do.

They appear in the following forms: To Be: am, is, are, was, were, being, been, will be.

Question 16

Modal verb

Answer 16

These are verbs that indicate likelihood, ability, permission or obligation.

Words like: can/could, may/might, will/would, shall/should and must.

Question 17

Determiners

Answer 17

Determiners are words such as the, my, this, some, twenty, each, any, which are used before nouns.

Determiners include the following common types: Articles: a, an, the.

Demonstratives: this, that, these, those. Possessives:my, your, his, her,

Question 18

Proper noun

Answer 18

A proper noun is a specific (i.e., not generic) name for a particular person, place, or thing.

Question 19

Adverb examples

Answer 19

He swims well.

He ran quickly.

She spoke softly.

James coughed loudly to attract her attention.

He plays the flute beautifully. ( after the direct object)

He ate the chocolate cake greedily. ( after the direct object)

Question 20

Adjectives examples

Answer 20

Charming.

Cruel.

Fantastic.

Gentle.

Huge.

Perfect.

Rough.

Sharp.

Question 21

Lexical field

Answer 21

A lexical field denotes a segment of reality symbolised by a set of related words. The words in a semantic field share a common semantic property.

Question 22

Accomodation

Answer 22

The way that individuals adjust their speech in accordance with whom they are addressing

Question 23

Idiom

Answer 23

A group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words

(e.g. over the moon, see the light ).