Language Terms - Techniques

Question 1

Collective noun

Answer 1

a count noun that denotes a group of individuals

e.g. assembley

Question 2

Common noun

Answer 2

a noun denoting a class of objects or a concept as opposed to a particular individual
e.g. girl

Question 3

Proper noun

Answer 3

a name used for an individual person, place, or thing

e.g. Jane

Question 4

Concrete noun

Answer 4

can be identified in the five senses

Question 5

Pronoun

Answer 5

a word that can function as a noun on its own

e.g. she

Question 6

Abstract noun

Answer 6

a noun denoting an idea, quality, or state rather than a concrete object
e.g. truth

Question 7

Personal pronoun

Answer 7

comprising a set that shows contrasts.

e.g. person, gender, number, and case.

Question 8

Noun

Answer 8

a word used to describe any class of people or place

Question 9

Verb

Answer 9

a doing or being word that has a tense

e.g. quickly

Question 10

Modal verb

Answer 10

a verb that expresses necessity or possibility

e.g. must

Question 11

Adverb

Answer 11

a word that modifies the meaning of an adjective

e.g. gently

Question 12

Adjective

Answer 12

a word that describes a place, person or thing

e.g. sweet

Question 13

Alliteration

Answer 13

When two words near or next to each other that sound the same or start with the same letter
e.g. sweet birds sang

Question 14

Onomatopoeia

Answer 14

When a word is associated with the sound it makes

e.g. cuckoo

Question 15

Personification

Answer 15

when human characteristics are given to a non living thing

e.g. the stars winked at me

Question 16

Main Clause

Answer 16

a clause which can be put together with a subordinate clause but makes sense on its own

Question 17

Similie

Answer 17

Comparing something using the words like and as

Question 18

Oxymoron

Answer 18

When two words not normally put together are brought together
e.g. bitter sweet

Question 19

Metaphor

Answer 19

A word or phrase used to imply figurative, not literal or ‘actual’. resemblance.
e.g. he flew into the room

Question 20

Irony

Answer 20

The humorous or sarcastic use of words or ideas, implying the opposite of what they mean

Question 21

Lexis

Answer 21

A total stock of words in a language

e.g. I laughed.

Question 22

Monologue

Answer 22

A long speech at the start of a play done by an actor in a play to show his thoughts

Question 23

Sentence Fragment

Answer 23

A group of words that make an improper sentence

e.g. he was blown away

Question 24

Determiner

Answer 24

A person or thing that determines what you do

e.g. he walked fast

Question 25

Semantic Field

Answer 25

A group of words put together

e.g. the sheep came together as a flock

Question 26

Symbolism

Answer 26

the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities.

Question 27

Motif

Answer 27

a pattern or recurring idea in an artistic work.

Question 28

Slang

Answer 28

Informal words used mostly in speech written in a particular social group

Question 29

Jargon

Answer 29

Specialist language

Question 30

Narrative Writing

Answer 30

Narrative writing tells a story or part of a story.

Question 31

Descriptive writing

Answer 31

Descriptive writing vividly portrays a person, place, or thing in such a way that the reader can visualize the topic and enter into the writer’s experience.

Question 32

Synonyms

Answer 32

Words that mean the same thing or something similar

Question 33

Syntax

Answer 33

The order and arrangement of words and phrases to create sentences