paper 1 lexical framework

Question 1

what is an adverb

Answer 1

a word that qualifies as both an adjective and verb

Question 2

what is synthetic personalisation

Answer 2

synthetic personalisation is a language technique mostly used by new article writers to address a mass population of readers to reduce the distance between the writer and and reader, it helps connect the two by using inclusive pronouns like “us” and “we”

Question 3

what is an example of a 1st person pronoun

Answer 3

“I” or “me”

Question 4

what is an example of a 2nd person pronoun

Answer 4

“you”

Question 5

what is an example of a 3rd person pronoun

Answer 5

“he” or “she”

Question 6

what is an example of an inclusive pronoun

Answer 6

“we” or “our”

Question 7

what is an example of a possessive pronoun

Answer 7

“My” or “mine”

Question 8

what is a collective noun

Answer 8

a collective noun refers to a group of things, like for example a flock of sheep

Question 9

what is a common noun

Answer 9

a common noun is an everyday generic thing such as a chair or a desk or a door

Question 10

what is a concrete noun

Answer 10

a concrete noun is a solid thing you can touch and taste like cake or a cat

Question 11

what is a proper noun

Answer 11

a proper noun is a place or a name that begins with a capital letter like “London” or “Jade”

Question 12

what is an abstract noun

Answer 12

an abstract noun is something you can’t touch or see or feel or taste or hear like love or anger or guilt

Question 13

what is an indefinite article, also name an example

Answer 13

an indefinite article emphasises on the “a” when being asked to do something like “get me a chair”, that vague like which chair are you asking for

Question 14

what is a definite article, also name name an example

Answer 14

a definite example emphasises on the “the” of a question, for example “get me the axe” the “the” makes it direct and specific

Question 15

what is an auxiliary verb

Answer 15

an auxiliary verb is your helping verb, for example “be” “was” or “do”

Question 16

what is a modal verb

Answer 16

a modal verb highlights the possibility of something for example “should” or “could” or “May”

Question 17

what is an imperative verb

Answer 17

an imperative verb is commonly used when speaking ti a second person subject for example “GO” or “stop” or “take” or “get”

Question 18

what is a superlative adjective

Answer 18

a superlative adjective is used to describe how someone or something is different to all of the others of the same kind as them by ending a word in “iest” for example “she was the prettiest princess of them all”

Question 19

what is a comparative adjective

Answer 19

a comparative adjective is used to describe how someone or something is different to all of the others who are of the same kind as them by modifying adjectives by adding “er” for example “she ran faster than all of the other runners”

Question 20

What is a verbal verb?

Answer 20

A word that shows a process of communication through speech, for example “I whispered into his ear” other examples of are shouted, screamed, whispered

Question 21

What is a rational verb?

Answer 21

Words like: appear, feels, is, become, seem, smell looks

Question 22

What is an indefinite pronoun?

Answer 22

Words like: someone, anybody and everything

Question 23

What does the term hypophora mean?

Answer 23

When a rhetorical question is immediately followed by an answer

Question 24

What is a co-coordinating conjunction?

Answer 24

Words that link two phrases or clauses that can stand alone like yet, but, and, or
FOR EXAMPLE: “I feel alone yet I’m not alone”

Question 25

What does the lexical term tenor mean?

Answer 25

The tone, or relationship between the author and reader and how it is created

Question 26

What is a Triassic structure?

Answer 26

List of three, this can be for emphasis or to add a sense of gathering momentum to a point being made

Question 27

What is portmanteau?

Answer 27

A newly invented word made by merging two words together

FOR EXAMPLE: “chillax”, it merges the word relax and chill

Question 28

What is archaic Lexis?

Answer 28

A word that over time has fallen out of common usage

Question 29

what is a subordinate conjunction?

Answer 29

a word that connects a main clause to a subordinate clause to show that one is dependant on the other - using words such as: whereas, because, while, for
EXAMPLE SENTENCE WITH WORD: “I failed the test BECAUSE I didn’t study”