Language Work Flashcards
Compares two unlike things using like or as
Similie
Metaphor
Compares to unlike things and states one is the other
To exaggerate
Hyperbole
Noun
A naming word
What does a noun name
A person, place ,animal,state or thing
Proper noun
Special place person or thing
Ordinary things
Common noun
Concrete
Name of something you can feel see or touch
A group
Collective noun
Abstract noun
A feeling/idea/quality which u can’t see feel or touch
Adjective
Describes a noun
Somethings known as a describing word
Describes a verb
Adverb
What is commonly added to a verb to make it an adverb
L’y or if the word ends in y ily
What must all sentences have
Begin with a capital letter and end with a full stop, question mark or exclamation mark
Two or more words with the same pronunciation but different spelling
Homophones
Give an example of a homophone
Your and you’re
There their they’re
Are and our
Which is right
a)I went to there house for dinner
b)I went to their house
c) I went to they’re house
B
What apostrophes for
To contract a word /shorten it
What can apostrophes show
Ownership
What do you do if the word ends in s
You just add an apostrophe
Often introduces an explanation, can come before a list,question or answer
Colon
Semi-colons
Helps to join closely connected sentences in and idea
Dashes
Creates pause.replaces semicolons in informal writing, can be used to add dram and surprise
Our
Belong to us
Are
Part of the verb to be
Whose
Belonging to them
Who’s
Who is
Where
What place
Wear
To have something on one’s body for clothing ,decoration or protection
What is ware
Your goods
When using speech marks what should you always include
A form of punctuation after the text
Make sure u do it inside the speech marks
What is alliteration
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of closely connected words
What is assonance
Repeated vowel sounds in words that our closely connected
What is personification
Giving something non human the characteristics of a human
What is foreshadowing
A narrative way in which shuttle suggetions and hints are givin about something
What is a verb
a doing word
