Language under the microscope Flashcards
What is a stranded co ordinte clause
co ordinate clause on its own in sentence without a main clause
What is a concessive subordinate clause
Concedes something “but…” “although…”
What is a conditional sub clause
Provides condition “if…” “unless…”
What is a Sub clause of reason
Provides a reason “because…”
What is a temporal sub clause
Relates to time “When its 12…”, ““when we finish work”
What is a To Infinitive
Begins with “To”
What is a simple sentence
Containes a verb
What is a minor sentence
Doesn’t contain a verb
What is a left branching sentence
Long info before the subject
Periodic sentences
Complex sentence, starting with a subordinate clause then main clause
What is syntactic parallelism
Repeating sentence structure
What is syndetic listing
list with connectives
What is asyndetiic listing
Use of commas
Evaluative adjective
Judgement- “ that is awful”
Comparative adjective
End in er or have “more” in front
“funnier”, “more pretty”
Superlative adjective
Ends with “-est” or “most”
“Most stupid”
“smartest”
Intensifiers
“so angry” “really happy”
coordinating conjunction
Connect words that have equal status “and”
Subordinating conjunction
Connect clauses that have unequal status
“If”, “although”
demonstrative determiner
“look at THAT idiot”
“Have you seen THIS man”
Possessive determiner
“this is MY face”
“I want to bite YOUR cake”
Definite article
“the”
Indefinite article
“a”
First person pronoun
i, me, we, us
