Paper 1 Terminology (Grammar) Flashcards
1
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Interrogative
A
a question
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Declarative
A
a statement
3
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Imperative
A
a command
4
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Exclamatory
A
an exclamation
5
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Complex
A
a sentence constructed out of independent and subordinate clauses
6
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Compound
A
two independent clauses joined by a conjunction
7
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Suffix
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the closing syllable of a word
8
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Simple
A
a single independent clause
9
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Prefix
A
the opening syllable of a word
10
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Minor
A
a grammatically incorrect sentence
11
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Polysyndeton
A
repetition of ‘and’ in a sentence
12
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Antithesis
A
opposites within a clause
13
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Morpheme
A
the individual elements of a word
14
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Apposition
A
noun or noun phrase which is immediately followed by a noun or noun phrase for clarification (rhetoric device)
15
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Syntactic Parallelism
A
repetition of the same syntax
