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1
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monothongs

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tongue stays in one place on vowel sounds

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2
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dipthongs

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tongue changes position on vowel sounds

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3
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assonance

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similarity in sound between two syllables created by the same vowels but different consonants

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4
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consonance

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similar consonant sounds

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5
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code switching

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changing dialect or language

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6
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collocations

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a word usually used alongside another word

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7
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intensifier

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adverbs/adverbial phrases that emphasise

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8
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idiom

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phrase that cannot be understood literally

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9
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compounds

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two or more words merged together

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10
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lexicon

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vocabulary of a person/language

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11
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archaism

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old-fashioned word

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12
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auxiliary verb

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helper verb - is, were, has

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13
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modal verb

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kind of auxiliary verb used to express modalities

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14
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determiner

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tells you if something is known or unknown

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15
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ellipsis

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omits part of writing/speech

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16
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minor sentence

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incomplete sentence

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17
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simple sentence

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one independent clause

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18
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compound sentence

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two independent clauses

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19
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complex sentence

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one independent clause, at least one subordinate clause

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20
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main/independent clause

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makes sense on its own

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21
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subordinate clause

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doesn’t make sense on its own

22
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premodification

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words modified due to words before them

23
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post modification

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descriptive/circumstantial information after noun

24
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dynamic verb

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physical/mental activities

25
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static verbs

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state of being

26
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adverbials

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modifies a verb, adverb, or adjective

27
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verb cluster

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sentence with more than one verbal element

28
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main verb

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shows subject’s action

29
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parallelism

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similar parts of a sentence have the same structure

30
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phatic expressions

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communication to establish/maintain social relationships

31
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deictic expressions

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word/phrase pointing to time, place, or the situation in which the speaker is speaking

32
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elision

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omission of sounds, syllables, or words in speech

33
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hedge

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how certainty/uncertainty is expressed

34
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idiolect

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speech habits of an individual

35
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noun phrases

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“the black cat”

36
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conditional clause

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subordinate clause beginning with “if”

37
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relative clause

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subordinate clause beginning with “wh-“

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co-ordinate clause

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clause beginning with co-ordinating conjunction

39
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attributive

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adjective before head noun

40
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predicative

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adjective after head noun linked using a copula verb

41
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compound-complex sentence

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combines co-ordinate and subordinate clauses

42
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fronting

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subordinate clause at beginning

43
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suspension

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subordinate clause at end

44
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copula verb

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linking verb - is

45
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co-ordinating conjunctions

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and, but, or, yet

46
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subordinating conjunctions

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after, because, although, if

47
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syndetic listing

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commas until final conjunction at end

48
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asyndetic listing

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only commas

49
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poly-syndetic listing

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only repeated conjunction

50
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cataphora

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“she loved teaching year 12; liz thought they were kind”

51
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triadic structure

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power of three

52
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antithesis

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direct contrast, opposites

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