Revision Flashcards
What is a noun
A person,place or thing
What is a proper noun
Special person,place or thing
What is a common noun
Ordinary thing
What is a concrete noun
Name of a thing which you can feel, see or smell
What is an abstract noun
A feeling/idea/quality you can’t see or smell
What is a collective noun
A group
What is an Adjective
It describes a noun. They are sometimes called describing words
What is this word. You’ve
You have
What is this word. I’ve
I have
What is this word. I’ll
I will
What is this word. Haven’t
Have not
What is this word. It’s
It is / it has
What is this word. Can’t
Can not
What is this word. They’re
They are
What is this word. We’re
We are
What is a homophone ?
A word that sound the same but is spelt differently and has a different meaning
What is a colon ?
They often introduce an explanation.
The bit after explains or expands.
Colons can come before a list, quotation or answer
What is a dash ?
Create a pause (can creat surprise or drama).
Use instead of a semi-colon in informal writing
What is a semi-colon ?
Helps you join closely connected ideas in a sentence.
It can also break up a list
What is onomatopoeia
A word that sound like the noise it describes
What is an adverb ?
An adverb describes a verb
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Alliteration
The repetition of the same constant sound at the beginning of words
Haiku
1st line = 5 syllables
2nd line = 7 syllables
3rd line =5 syllables
Personification
Human characteristics are given to non- human things
Onomatopoeia
The use of words which sound like there meaning
Simile
Compares 2 unlike things using like or as
Metaphors
Compares 2 unlike things, stating one is the other
Eulogy
Tribute to someone’s life usually read aloud
Emotive language k
The term used when certain word choices are made to evoke an emotional response in the reader
Hyperbole
Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally
Personification
The attribute of a personal nature or human characteristic to something non human, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form
Simile
A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with an other thing f a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid e.g. as light as a feather
Onomatopoeia
The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named
Alliteration
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of advancement or closely connected words
Metaphor
A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action is not taken literally
Colour imagery
Using colours it represent a deeper meaning
Ellipsis
The omissions from speech or writing of a word or words that are superfluous or able to be understood from context clues …
Imperative
Can’t b3 avoided or evaded/sentence that gives urgent commands
Dialogue
A conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book or film
Pathetic fallacy
The attribution of human feelings and responses to inanimate things or animals (especially in art or literature) (mostly used in weather)
Sensory appeal
Draws ficus on Amy of the 5 senses. Creates immediacy
