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1
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The literal meaning of a word is called the D _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ meaning

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Denotative

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The associated meaning of a word is called the C _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ meaning

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Connotative

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Anger, passion, lust, romance, danger, evil are all connotations of which colour

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Red

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A group of words connected by a shared field of reference is called a S _ _ _ _ _ _ _ F _ _ _ _

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Semantic Field

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If you comment on a semantic field in an analysis what must you include?

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A number of examples from the text

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What is the difference between an acronym and an initialism?

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An acronym is pronounced as a word, an initialism is pronounced as individual letters

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BBC - acronym or initialism?

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Initialism

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UEFA - acronym or initialism?

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Acronym

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Fish and chips is an example of a
C _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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Collocation

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What is the term for words that have equivalent (similar) meanings?

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Synonyms

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What are antonyms

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Words that have contrasting meanings - opposites

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Words that label categories are called H _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , and words that can be included in the category are called H _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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Hypernyms and Hyponyms

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If T-shirt, trousers and jacket are hyponyms - what’s the hypernym

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Clothes

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True or False? Rose = hypernym & Flower = hyponym

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False - here Flower is the category = hypernym and Rose is a type of flower = hyponym

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‘Going to the little boy’s room’ is an example of what?

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Euphemism

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‘Going for a slash’ is an example of what?

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Dysphemism

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‘It’s a piece of cake’, ‘Let the cat out of the bag’ and ‘Kill two birds with one stone’ are all examples of?

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Idioms

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O _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Y is the term for features of writing such as spelling, capitalisation and punctuation.

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Orthography

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If you were analysing how a text looks, you would be commenting on which language level?

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Graphology

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Lexis and semantics are the language level concerned with?

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Words and their meanings

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If you were analysing hidden meanings in a text you would be commenting on which language level?

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Pragmatics

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Grammar is the language level concerned with?

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How words are put together to make meaning - phrases, clauses and sentences

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Which language level is concerned with sound?

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Phonology

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Plosives, fricatives and nasals are all examples of what?

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Consonants

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If a sound is bilabial, where in the mouth is the sound produced?

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Lips

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Nasal sounds are made with your N _ _ _

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Nose

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Where in the mouth a sound is made is described as the P _ _ _ _ of A _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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Place of articulation

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How we restrict the airflow when a sound is made is described as the M _ _ _ _ _ of A _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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Manner of articulation

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Which sound is voiced /p/ or /b/?

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/b/

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Which sound is voiceless /f/ or /v/?

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/f/

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‘Brrrrr’ is an example of what time of onomatopoeia

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Non-lexical onomatopoeia

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‘Agh!’ and ‘Ewww!’ are examples of I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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Interjections

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M _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is the study of the formation and structure of words

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Morphology

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S _ _ _ _ _ is about the order and structure within phrases, clauses and sentences

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Syntax

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35
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How many word classes or parts of speech are there?
Name 2

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There are 8 parts of speech: noun, pronoun, verb, adverb, adjective, conjunction, preposition and interjection

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Nouns are either P _ _ _ _ _ or C _ _ _ _ _

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proper or common

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What do Proper nouns name?

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Specific people, organisations or places; days of the week and months of the year

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What do proper nouns need?

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Capital letters

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James, Gorton, Tuesday, Spring, Betty White, Manchester City, September - which one isn’t a proper noun?

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Spring (seasons are not proper nouns)

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40
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Common nouns can be divided into: C _ _ _ _ _ _ _ and A _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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Common and abstract

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41
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What are concrete nouns?

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Common nouns which refer to physical and tangible things

42
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What are abstract nouns?

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Common nouns which refer to ideas, processes and qualities which your 5 senses can’t detect

43
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What type of noun is ‘cat’?

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Common concrete noun

44
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What type of noun is ‘anger’?

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Common abstract noun

45
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What type of nouns refer to groups of people, animals or things?

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Collective nouns

46
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a class, colony, herd and host are all examples of ….

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Collective nouns

47
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What are adjectives that add an opinion of the positive/negative value of the noun?

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Evaluative

48
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What are adjectives that add a factual description of the physical properties of the noun?

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Descriptive

49
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How would you describe the following adjectives?

Light – Lighter – Lightest

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Absolute – Comparative – Superlative

50
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What position is the adjective in here?

The fluffy dog barked.

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Attributive / pre-modifying

51
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What position is the adjective in here?

The baby was happy.

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Predicative / post-modifying

52
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What are the two ways of making a superlative adjective?

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Adding -est onto the end OR adding most in front

53
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What are the two ways of making a comparative adjective?

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Adding -er onto the end OR adding more in front

54
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What type of verbs usually describe actions we can take or things that happen?

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Dynamic

55
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S _ _ _ _ _ _ verbs refer to a state or condition which is quite static or unchanging.

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Stative

56
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What is another name for a main verb - the single verb that expresses the main meaning?

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A lexical verb

57
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Identify the main verb in this sentence - ‘I will have finished my homework’

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Finished

58
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‘Helping’ verbs are called A _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ verbs

A

Auxiliary verbs

59
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Name the 3 primary auxiliary verbs

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To be, to have and to do

60
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What is the difference between primary auxiliary and modal auxiliary verbs?

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Primary auxiliary verbs can also be main (lexical) verbs. Modal verbs can’t.

61
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Name the 9 modal verbs in English

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Can Could Will Would Shall Should Must May Might

62
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Auxiliary verbs can be used to form Q _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ and
N _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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Questions and Negatives

63
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True or False: Auxiliary verbs can indicate the tense of a verb.

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True

64
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What verb inflection is used to show regular past tense in English

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-ed e.g. walked

65
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What verb inflection is used to show the third person singular in English

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-s e.g. he/she/it walks

66
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‘The dog bit the man.’ is an example of the
A _ _ _ _ _ V _ _ _ _

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Active voice

67
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‘The man was bitten.’ is an example of the
P _ _ _ _ _ _ V _ _ _ _

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Passive voice

68
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What do we call an adverb that describes HOW something is done? e.g. quickly

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Adverb of manner

69
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What do we call an adverb that describes WHEN or how FREQUENTLY something is done? e.g. next

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Adverb of time

70
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What do we call an adverb that describes WHERE something is done? e.g. here

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Adverb of place

71
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How would you describe the pronoun ‘I’ ?

A

First person singular personal subject pronoun.

72
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How would you describe the pronoun ‘You’?

A

Second person personal pronoun. It could be singular or plural, subject or object - the context would show this.

73
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Give an example of a third person singular personal subject pronoun.

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She / He / They / It

74
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What is the difference between the pronouns ‘I’ and ‘mine’?

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‘I’ = personal subject pronoun
‘mine’ = possessive pronoun

75
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Who, Which, What, That, Where, When and Why are what kind of prounouns?

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Relative pronouns

76
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What is the definite article in English?

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The

77
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What type of determiners are a/an?

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Indefinite article

78
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What type of conjunctions link words, phrases or clauses of EQUAL value?

A

Coordinating conjunctions

79
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What type of conjunctions link clauses or sentences that DO NOT have equal value?

A

Subordinating conjunctions

80
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What type of conjunctions are AND, BUT, YET

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Coordinating conjunctions

81
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What type of conjunctions are BECAUSE, ALTHOUGH

A

Subordinating conjunctions

82
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Bound morphemes are also known as an A _ _ _ _

A

Affix

83
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What is the suffix that shows past tense?

A

-ed

84
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What are the 5 types of clause element in English?

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Subject - Verb - Object - Complement - Adverbial

85
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What type of sentence has NO verb

A

Minor sentence

86
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What type of sentence has only one main verb?

A

Simple sentence

87
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What type of sentence has at least one clause that is subordinate to another?

A

Complex sentence

88
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What type of sentence has clauses of equal value that are ‘chained’ with a co-ordinating conjunction?

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Compound sentence

89
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What type of clause is a group of words that contain a subject and a verb. They make sense on their own.

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Main clause

90
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What type of clause is a group of words that add extra information about the noun. They begin with a relative pronoun.

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Relative clause

91
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What type of clause is a group of words that adds extra information that doesn’t make sense on its own.

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Subordinate clause

92
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What kind of sentence is - The cat sat on the mat.

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Simple

93
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What kind of sentence is - Hello everybody.

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Minor

94
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What kind of sentence is - The cat jumped and the dog played fetch.

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Compound

95
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What kind of sentence is - The cat hissed because the dog walked past.

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Complex

96
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What is a declarative sentence?

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A statement

97
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What is an interrogative sentence?

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A question

98
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What is an imperative sentence?

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A command

99
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What is a discourse marker?

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Words and phrases that are used to manage and organise the structure of a text.

100
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An A _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ reference makes reference back to something previously identified in a text

A

Anaphoric reference

101
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A C _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ reference makes reference forwards to something as yet unidentified in a text.

A

Cataphoric reference

102
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I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is the use of discourses from one field as part of another.

A

Intertextuality

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